Peggy Sue Got Married

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Peggy Sue Got Married

PG-13,

1986,

1h 42m,

Comedy/

Drama

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Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner) attends her 25-year high school reunion after separating from her cheating husband, Charlie (Nicolas Cage). She regrets the decisions she has made in her life, such as getting pregnant by Charlie in high school. When she faints at the reunion, she awakens in 1960. Given the chance to relive her life, she changes many things. However, some choices are more complicated, as she begins to see young Charlie's charm and true feelings.

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Critics 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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Kathleen Sachs

Chicago Reader

Dec 27, 2022

What if Jesus had thwarted crucifixion? What if Peggy Sue could go back in time and not marry her adulterous husband? The same predicament, really.

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

Dec 14, 2008

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.

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Pat Graham

Chicago Reader

Dec 11, 2007

It's grave, lumbering, arrhythmic, and bloated, an emotional hogwallow of catchpenny insights and easy sentimentality.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

Apr 1, 2025

3/5

It's not Coppola's usual territory, and he overplays the Capra card a little, but he has fashioned a thoughtful, rewarding tale - even if he doesn't use a DeLorean car to get there.

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Megan Fisher

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jan 11, 2025

Peggy Sue Got Married is a thoughtful and warm comedy that will only get better as you age.

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Dan Webster

Spokesman-Review (Washington)

Jul 27, 2024

4/4

A Back to the Future for adults, this excellent film marks an acting threshold for Turner and a return to form for Coppola.

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Feb 2, 2019

The best fantasy comedy movie ever made!

Rey S

Dec 22, 2018

Afters years of listening to comments praysing this movie, what a big disappointment. Has charm, and a few good sequences, but the next frame all is thrown away. Teenagers are inconsistent, but, come on!

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Harry R

May 30, 2018

it's a feel-good film, and is entertaining. It's easy to watch and you'll love it if you enjoy time travel.

Harry G

Feb 4, 2018

A pretty entertaining movie cashing in on the success of Back to the future and delivering more 50s nostalgia. The film is saved by the 2 leads who give likeable performances. Turner was said to be too old for the role but if you can get past that it's watchable enough. Although it has not aged as well as Back to the Future.

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Abraham G

Dec 28, 2017

Story about a woman who gets a second chance at changing her future when she is transported back in time to her senior year in high school. Really an underrated classic. Partly because of Kathleen Turner, but also because of the script. I love how she dates the class nerd and the class poet. One of the better movies by Coppola.

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Harry L

Sep 18, 2017

Despite the logical fallacies the story presents, it's quite a watch.

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Francis Ford Coppola

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Kathleen Turner

Peggy Sue

Nicolas Cage

Charlie Bodell

Kevin J. O'Connor

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Barry Miller

Richard Norvik

Catherine Hicks

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Synopsis

Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner) attends her 25-year high school reunion after separating from her cheating husband, Charlie (Nicolas Cage). She regrets the decisions she has made in her life, such as getting pregnant by Charlie in high school. When she faints at the reunion, she awakens in 1960. Given the chance to relive her life, she changes many things. However, some choices are more complicated, as she begins to see young Charlie's charm and true feelings.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Paul R. Gurian
Screenwriter: Jerry Leichtling, Arlene Sarner
Distributor: TriStar Pictures, Columbia Tristar
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Zoetrope Studios
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 10, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.7M
Runtime: 1h 42m

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