Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

Jerry Leichtling (writer)
Arlene Sarner (writer)

Release Date:

10 octubre 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Frase comercial:

Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?

Plot:

Peggy Sue faints at a Highschool reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Plot Keywords:

Fantastic | Ex Husband | Dysfunctional Family | Time Travel Romance | Family Relationships

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Charming and amusing, just avoiding being sickly and sweet

Cast

Kathleen Turner	...	Peggy Sue Kelcher Bodell
Nicolas Cage	...	Charlie Bodell
Barry Miller	...	Richard Norvik
Catherine Hicks	...	Carol Heath
Joan Allen	...	Maddy Nagle
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Michael Fitzsimmons
Jim Carrey	...	Walter Getz
Lisa Jane Persky	...	Delores Dodge
Lucinda Jenney	...	Rosalie Testa
Wil Shriner	...	Arthur Nagle
Barbara Harris	...	Evelyn Kelcher
Don Murray	...	Jack Kelcher
Sofia Coppola	...	Nancy Kelcher
Maureen O'Sullivan	...	Elizabeth Alvorg
Leon Ames	...	Barney Alvorg

También conocida como:

Peggy Sue se casó (Spain) [es]
Peggy Sue, su pasado la espera (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

103 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

Petaluma, California, USA

Company:

Delphi V Productions

Trivialidades:

Sofia Coppola (the director's daughter) plays Peggy Sue's little sister. Sofia Coppola would later direct Kathleen Turner in The Virgin Suicides (1999).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Carol and Maddie are in Peggy's room asking her about her date with Michael Fitzsimmons, the camera angle shows all three girls. You can hear Maddie say "...yeah, he's so cool and mysterious" but her mouth doesn't move.

Quotes:

Peggy Sue: I am a grown woman with a life time of experience that you can't understand.
Charlie: Yeah, girls mature faster than guys.

Movie Connections:

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Soundtrack:

Just A Dream

Charming and amusing, just avoiding being sickly and sweet

It is her high school reunion but Peggy Sue is a bit down about going. She is divorcing her high school sweetheart Charlie (a minor local celebrity) and she knows that the only thing people will ask her is about him. Secretly she knows that, if she could live her life again she would do things differently. When she elected queen of the ball she is emotional and passes out on stage. When she wakes up she finds herself a teenager again, with the chance to do things all over again. Disorientated and confused by this strange occurrence, will Peggy Sue really chose to do things differently or will she come to appreciate the life she has lived? Whenever the man who made The Godfather produces a light little romantic comedy/drama, it is no real surprise that people tend to look down on it in a way that they may not have done if it had been made by someone else. So it is with this film, which is nothing that special but is enjoyable for what it does do. The time travel plot is a real stretch but it just about manages to pull it off by being consistently amusing and rather sweet throughout. It is a shame that it cannot manage to avoid sentimentality but when it does fall into it, it still manages to be amiable enough and not too sickly. The tone is consistently comic, which does help support the film well and I was quite surprised by how this rather sentimental story managed to charm its way into me! Turner is a big part of this happening because she carries off the absurd role with charm and humour. Cage is good, I suppose, but it is hard not to get irritated by his rather nasal delivery. Support is good from Hicks, Allen and several other recognisable faces, including a young Jim Carrey, but the show belongs to Turner and although it isn't a classic performance, it is still charming enough to carry the material.

Overall, if you are adverse to sentimentality then I would suggest that you give this a miss since it is rather sweet and charming, even if it just about manages to avoid being sickly. It is amusing and rather charming – both things I would say about Turner's performance. This just about saves it from being cloying and sickly (although it is close) and I found it to be just the right side of that and came over as enjoyable and quite a pleasant viewing, even if it is nothing that special.