Product: Peggy Sue Got Married [VHS] (1986)
Rating: 4.0
Great Dialogue
There are many things I like about this movie and all those reasons have been said before here. It's so hard to find scripts today with even average mature adult dialogue out of the US industry. Whenever I watch it it's always a treat to hear some great moments of dialogue that say so much with so few words and get you thinking if I was in there position revisiting my past...wouldn't that be interesting?Some people don't care for Nicolas' performance, but again, he has some excellent dialogue with Peggy. What a great script sharing thoughts of mature people but in a more light hearted way instead of reality TV conflicts.Kathleen does give a great performance but so do others. Barbara Harris, Joan Allen (where I first took notice of this excellent actress), Maureen O'Sullivan and then look for young Jim Carrey (not overplayed, overly comical, perfectly cast) and others.I would love to go back for a short visit my parents and grandparents and face what would I say to them knowing what I know now. This movie did that well without making it overly comical when say Marty goes back and visits his parents in Back to the Future. That's not to criticize Back to the Future, different kind of movie and I loved those scenes. Peggy Sue Got Married is a warmer fuzzier approach to what could be sci-fi plot, time travel no less. It really let's us know that we do change as we age, and sometimes that change results in a life that is incoherent with the past, especially the relationships we started with innocence and love, and precious honesty. How and why do we let go of that? When is right? When is a detriment? That's what Peggy comes to face, and perhaps she will find herself healed and renewed.