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| Peggy Sue accepting her crown, right before she konks out. |
For anyone like me who missed this magical film when it was released in 1986, fire up the Hulu and see it now. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, how could it not be fabulous? Peggy Sue Got Married is a poignant tale of lost youth and second chances, reminiscent in some ways of Thornton Wilder's timeless play, "Our Town." If only we could go back in time and do it right!
The quasi-fantasy tells the story of Peggy Sue, a middle-aged woman (Kathleen Turner) who married her high-school sweetheart (Nicolas Cage), only to have things sour after 25 years and two children together. Estranged from her husband and in the process of divorcing him, she attends her high-school reunion with her grown daughter (Helen Hunt) and is happily reunited with her best friends from her teenage years. While accepting the crown as Queen of her class, Peggy Sue faints and the movie takes flight.
Waking up in 1960, to Peggy Sue it seems like a dream that just goes on and on and on. As in Back To the Future, we are treated to the vintage cars, fashions, music and mores of a simpler time. Peggy Sue gets a chance to do it right this time, including going after that one boy who got away and befriending an overlooked nerd who she knows will become a brilliant inventor and millionaire. She gets to see her parents and grandparents again, appreciating their youth this time, and be nicer to her little sister (Sofia Coppola), and who doesn't wish for all that later in life?
With a soundtrack of 60's hits and an early slapstick performance by Jim Carrey, there's a lot to like. And while there are funny moments, for some reason I ended up in tears, but that might just be me.
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