The premise of time-travelling is not original. The year before, a much better--and far funnier--movie, "Back to the Future" was released. "Peggy Sue Got Married", however, falls far short of it.
I remember watching it on commercial TV many years ago and I didn't like it. Seeing it earlier this evening, I was reminded why. Often, if I don't enjoy a movie the first time I see it, I often wait a few years and watch it again to see if my first impression was incorrect. In this case of this film, I was proven right.
The acting is plodding. I got the impression that none of the cast was remotely interested in what they were doing. There didn't seem to be much effort made in convincing the audience that they were the characters they portrayed.
There was also little effort made to convey the atmosphere of the times. For example, BTTF used music from the mid-1950s, as did an earlier movie that Francis Ford Coppola was involved with, "American Graffiti". It doesn't help that John Barry's score is bland and uninteresting--not one of his best. (If you want to hear his composition in a film that doesn't involve James Bond, try "King Rat" or "The Lion in Winter".)
In BTTF, one at least knows how the main character manages to go back in time and, eventually, return to where and when he came from. In PSGM, I have no idea what happened. Was her journey back to her high school days a dream or did she actually go back to 1960?
Watching this was a complete waste of time for me.
I remember watching it on commercial TV many years ago and I didn't like it. Seeing it earlier this evening, I was reminded why. Often, if I don't enjoy a movie the first time I see it, I often wait a few years and watch it again to see if my first impression was incorrect. In this case of this film, I was proven right.
The acting is plodding. I got the impression that none of the cast was remotely interested in what they were doing. There didn't seem to be much effort made in convincing the audience that they were the characters they portrayed.
There was also little effort made to convey the atmosphere of the times. For example, BTTF used music from the mid-1950s, as did an earlier movie that Francis Ford Coppola was involved with, "American Graffiti". It doesn't help that John Barry's score is bland and uninteresting--not one of his best. (If you want to hear his composition in a film that doesn't involve James Bond, try "King Rat" or "The Lion in Winter".)
In BTTF, one at least knows how the main character manages to go back in time and, eventually, return to where and when he came from. In PSGM, I have no idea what happened. Was her journey back to her high school days a dream or did she actually go back to 1960?
Watching this was a complete waste of time for me.
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