Product: Peggy Sue Got Married [VHS] (1986)
Rating: 3.0
Incomplete Nostalgic Trip Which was Devoid of a Point.
Viewed: 6/11Rate: 56/11: I don't know about you, but every time I see Peggy Sue Got Married, I feel like nothing really happens. It's just a one big time travel just to experience the nostalgia. Is that really the case or did Francis Ford Coppola catch the American Graffiti and Diner fever? In either case, Peggy Sue Got Married doesn't work for me, and I pretty much miss the point (or maybe there isn't a one) of it. It is as if Peggy Sue really never grew up, and she learns nothing during her nostalgic trip. Her intelligence, before and after, remains profoundly average. Even worse is the acting. It's too corny and outdated. Jim Carrey makes it all worse, portraying the drug addict one too many times. Jim, time to get off coke for real, please. Now, Nicolas Cage is one of the most talented actors to emerge out of the 80s, but his performance in the film is over-the-top in a bad way. Meanwhile, Kathleen Turner doesn't seem to be into her role although her intentions are well-meaning. I just feel like her character isn't likeable because she is trying to change the fact that she got married to Charlie yet that would mean her two children would never have been born. She becomes selfish because she fails to think of them. The whole poet thing is ridiculous to watch because it's quite apparent that Michael Fitzsimmons is a one giant flake. If he is super mysterious in a cool way, kind of like a James Dean, it might work, but the selection of the actor literally kills the film. There are moments in the film that are never explained throughout the film. One glaring example is the old high school friend who ends up being in a wheelchair. So...how? Another is the red M&Ms.; Although not explained in the movie, it turns out that they cause cancer. Like...we all knew that. Also, the line "Why, I oughta..." is somewhat inferred from The Three Stooges, but its reference throughout the film was getting stale and lost in its meaning. How Peggy Sue acts around certain people, making the audience think that they later died, becomes a big disappointment because we will never know for sure since nothing is revealed about the fates of everybody. All in all, yes...Peggy Sue Got Married is a charming film to watch, and I like it, but there is a lack of many explanations, leaving the film sorely incomplete.