Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
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Critic Consensus: Peggy Sue Got Married may seem just another in a line of '80s boomer nostalgia films, but none of the others have Kathleen Turner keen lead performance.
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Cast
as Peggy Sue
as Charlie Bodell
as Richard Norvik
as Carol Heath
as Maddy Nagle
as Michael Fitzsimmons
as Evelyn Kelcher
as Jack Kelcher
as Elizabeth Alvorg
as Barney Alvorg
as Beth Bodell
as Leo
as Nancy Kelcher
as Walter Getz
as Delores Dodge
as Rosalie Testa
as Arthur Nagle
as Janet
as Lisa
as Doug Snell
as Reunion Band
as Mr. Gilford
as Sandy
as Terry
as Lodge Member
as Reunion Band
as Drunk
as Lodge Member
as Mr. Snelgrove
as Drunk Creep
as Lodge Member
Critic Reviews for Peggy Sue Got Married
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This prom-night balloon of a movie floats easily above the year's other exercises in '50s nostalgia. If you dare reach for it, it will land smartly in your heart.
It's grave, lumbering, arrhythmic, and bloated, an emotional hogwallow of catchpenny insights and easy sentimentality.
What makes this treatment unique is that the jokes aren't so much derivative of pop culture, but are instead found in the learned wisdom of a middle-aged woman reacting to her own teenage dilemmas.
Ignore the ridiculous happy ending of this film, and you have a much more fatalistic exercise in which Coppola eschews easy laughs in favour of the exposure of feeling and the fact that these people's lives, however empty, matter to them.
Miss Turner's self-assured comic timing goes a long way toward salvaging the film, providing both moral and physical dimension to a role that scarcely exists.
Here you don't see Coppola the camera wizard, you see Coppola the storyteller, the maker of fables. And by the end, you don't feel warmly just toward the movie, but toward the man behind it.
Audience Reviews for Peggy Sue Got Married
A great romance. Kathleen Turner is always amazing & so is Nick Cage. The story itself is adorable. Definitely one to watch. A special gem of the 80s. I love it! :)
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As you can see from the title, Peggy Sue got married, but she isn't happy with her marriage. In this time travel comedy she goes back in time to see just how she got where she is today. I really like this movie, the story is really cool, and the actors are great. I highly recommend it.
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Erm. I think I was expecting more. Had some funny moments, but for a genre "comedy" it was far too sappy. Although Nicolas Cage's ridiculous voice was an interesting point, but hardly a selling point. I dunno, I was expecting many more laughs and a lot less love-loss, love stuff. Bleh. Don't need to watch it again... It also kinda lagged a lot in the middle. A lot a lot.
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Peggy Sue Got Married Quotes
| Peggy Sue: | I may be crazy, but I'm not crazy enough to marry you twice. |
| Charlie Bodell: | You mean...my wang? |
| Evelyn Kelcher: | Peggy Sue..you know what a penis is? STAY AWAY FROM IT!!!!!!! |
| Evelyn Kelcher: | Peggy Sue, you know what a penis is? STAY AWAY FROM IT! |
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