Kathleen Turner is great in this movie, she more or less pulls off her task and is very believable as the teenager who gets to relive and, to some point, change and correct her past. Francis Ford Coppola knows exactly where to draw the fine line between heart warming and pathetic and does so with great artistic knowledge and taste. This movie is filled with memorable quotes, like "No more jello for me, mom!" and is altogether very funny. Great performances from a pile of familiar faces, Nicholas Cage is irritating at first, but is likeable at the end. A great score, a great and heart warming story, solid acting and nostalgia make this movie more than worth a second viewing. 8/10

First things first, I do not think it is Francis Ford-Coppola's best film, but it is not his worst either. Peggy Sue Got Married is a flawed but very likable film, that I feel doesn't deserve the back lash it gets. There may be some weak spots in the script, Coppola occasionally overdoes it with his direction and the pace sags in the middle. But what makes the film watchable is the lovely cinematography, memorable soundtrack, engaging story, a nice mix between the funny and sympathetic and the acting. I know that Nicolas Cage's performance has been slated here, but actually, I didn't think he was that bad. Irritating at first, but I think that is more the fault of his character, but he is quite likable at the end. Jim Carrey also appeals in an early role. But it is Kathaleen Turner's movie. Enigmatic, charming, beautiful and funny, she is wonderful in the lead. All in all, far from a masterpiece but it doesn't deserve burying. 7/10 Bethany Cox

It's Peggy Sue's 25 high school reunion and what started as a dream marriage to high school sweetheart Nicholas Cage has gone sour with his infidelity. The two are getting divorced and attend separately. But an accident as Kathleen Turner is accepting her reunion queen crown knocks her unconscious and she's transported back to her high school days with all the folks she's enjoying happy and unhappy memories.

Coming right down to it Peggy Sue Got Married is a combination of The Wizard Of Oz and It's A Wonderful Life. All three films involve transportation to alternate universes for the protagonists. All three films have the same moral, that there's no place like home.

Kathleen Turner got her career role and an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in Peggy Sue Got Married. You believe her both as middle age woman and teenager who's in love, but retains all her memories of her future and now is questioning what she did, did she make the right life choices. A whole lot like George Bailey. Other performances I enjoyed were that of Barry Miller who became a famous scientist, but was the school nerd in the day and Kevin O'Connor as the beatnik rebel who gives the English teacher hell for liking Hemingway over Kerouac.

Three survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age gave some great performances. Leon Ames and Maureen O'Sullivan as her maternal grandparents. And John Carradine who was doing mostly Grade Z horror flicks at the time was great in a role as the Grand Poobah of Ames's lodge. Love those incantations he was giving. A great role to chew the scenery and look normal doing it.

Peggy Sue Got Married also got Oscar nominations for Cinematography and Costume Design. It's great viewing and a whole ensemble cast does some really fabulous work.