Peggy Sue Got Married

Peggy Sue is a bored, unhappy middle-aged mother whose marriage to Charlie Bodell, her childhood sweetheart, is on the rocks. At a high school reunion Peggy Sue collapses and wakes to find she has somehow been transported back to her teen years. As she gets over the initial shock she realises she has the chance to relive her life and maybe make some drastic changes. She also realises she can change the lives of those around her, such as when she encourages one class mate to invent panty-hose and encourages others to invest in things she knows will succeed in the future. Of course those around Peggy Sue are confused by her newly serious nature, particularly Charlie who cannot understand why she is so cool toward him.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the film stars Nicholas Cage as Charlie and Kathleen Turner as Peggy Sue, and watch out for a very young Jim Carrey as Walter, a friend of the young couple. Although the lead actors play their parts well, and try to be believable as teenagers, the fact that they both look far to old to be teens does detract from the film a little. That aside, this is a heart-warming film with some very witty moments. It will make you laugh and cry in equal amounts and, although it looks a little dated now, it is still worth a look.

William Butler Yeats:

When You Are Old

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

That comes from a scene where Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) is talking to a poet Michael Fitzsimmons (Kevin J. O'Connor) while she is visiting her high school years. The scene is one of my favorite movie scenes ever and I feel that the movie itself is a timeless piece of cinema. Look out for performances from Jim Carrey, Nicholas Cage, Hellen Hunt, and a young Sofia Copola (director of Lost in Translation, Virgin Suicides) as Peggy's bratty kid sister (is there another kind?) Great musical score. And this is the one flick guranteed to make me tear up everytime.

You are always being told, "You can never go home again" and other settings similar to this. Yet people always speculate what if I could go back but when I change? Would I change something? There are many speculative movies out there on this very subject. You maybe have seen a few of these movies including sci-fi movies such as "12 Monkeys", or comedies such as "Back to the Future", or educational movies such as "Bill & Ted's excellent adventure."But you ain't seen nothing yet until you seen, "Peggy Sue got Married".

While in the midst of her high school reunion, Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) faints. At this point, she is transferred back to her high school days. She is reunited with old friends and relatives. Yes, she has a chance to do it all over. This time with the knowledge of time. When confronted with opportunities like eating M&M's she realizes that you don't eat the red ones.

Will their decisions change the future? Moreover, will she ever be able to get back with the help of a local Lodge?

Just a side note you will enjoy the music as it is actually one of the characters of this movie.