Peggy Sue Got Married /// Film Review [ESP -ENG]
Peggy Sue Got Married or Peggy Sue, su pasado la espera (as we know it in Latin America) is a 1986 film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Kathleen Turner and a young Nicolas Cage, who may be the only one I liked, and I'm talking about the physical, and from there on, time left him shattered, and I stopped liking him.
It is a nostalgic film, which is set in two eras, the 60's and the 80's, and coincidentally I have already talked about this temporal duplicity in another post, the difference is that in Peggy Sue the real era is the one portrayed. It's not a product of the setting, but it was filmed in that time, the 80's.
I discovered surprising things when I saw it for the second time, the first time I saw it, I was just a child and although I loved it that time, watching it as an adult was even more satisfying. I understood many things and seeing how life has turned out, I can only identify with Peggy and her story.
In the words of Filmaffinity we bring this synopsis:
Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) is a middle-aged woman who is depressed by the recent separation from her husband (Nicolas Cage). At the twenty-fifth anniversary party of her high school graduation, she reunites with her old classmates who tell how life has been going for them. When she receives the party queen award, Peggy suffers a blackout and mysteriously wakes up in the same place but 25 years earlier. Using the experience she has gained over time, she will try to change the mistakes she has made.
We already know the danger of trying to change destiny according to the logic of the time travel movies of the 80's, so relatively Peggy does not change anything, it is impossible to go back and retrace the path, but she gave herself to the journey and we saw her look at the life she lived with different eyes. Or as we say in my country: Nadie le quita le bailado.
I met actors now recognized, who at the time were taking their first steps in the film industry. We met a charmingly young and sympathetic Helen Hunt, a surprise for me, as I have always found her somewhat cynical in her later performances, focusing on her bad temper with the series Mad about you.
We also saw the daughter of the director, as a child, playing the younger sister of the protagonist, with a small role she began to make herself known, thus discovering that what she wants is to direct, and she really does it very well, in her role as younger sister for the film she offered a nice and good performance.
The one who surprised me the most was Jim Carrey, he not only acted, he also sang. But come on, to discover that he bases his acting on the same grimaces of his youth makes me think that he has not evolved, except for a few exceptions where he acts like a normal person, not a person with Tourette's syndrome.
At first glance, Peggy Sue may seem like a light romantic comedy of those that abound, if it were not for the underlying message of the plot. How many of us have not experienced that, once we reach adulthood, we see with new eyes the mistakes of the past, we realize that our boredom with certain protocols or common situations was only a product of the adolescent revolution and not a feeling of our own. That much of the fear we harbored in our hearts was due more to an imposed external element that had nothing to do with the experiences we had lived.
I am attracted to films that deal with time travel, and here you can enjoy that fantasy without losing your mind with mathematical formulas, as it is approached as such, as a fantasy, that takes us back on a journey through adolescence. Where everything seems easier and nothing is as we think it is, we are too busy finding our place in the world to be able to discern what is really going on around us.
I appreciate that the costume direction focused on the everyday life of the 60's, so we did not see, at any time, cover figurines, trying to show a fictitious fashion, that only some people could afford, in a crazy parade of women dressed as adults in the style of the time, instead we saw simple and modest silhouettes, as our parents would dress in their daily lives.
I think the performances were great, not only by the wonderful Kathleen Turner, so similar to my aunt, so much so that I already adore her, you can feel the difference of the two ages she goes through in the film, her way of assuming this difference is so subtle and wonderful. Her expression is noticeable, between the personality of the child-adult, and that of a mother who finally comes to her senses.
For his part, Nicolas Cage, brings us a character so charmingly mischievous, that now I understand how I fell in love with him in my childhood, in the video that I share with you of him singing with his group, we can appreciate the play of his eyes and eyebrows, but it is only a small part of his interpretation. He really manages to transmit the spirit of the rebellious and moderately transgressive teenager of his character, the only flaw of his character is the ridiculous toupee that gives him an Elvis Presley hairdo, and we already know that it's not his fault.
Peggy Sue Got Married is a film that all teenagers should see, maybe it will open their eyes and minds, to learn to enjoy the moments that are boring to a child's vision, and maybe later, when we understand the value of family and love for symbols, we will feel sorry for not taking them so seriously.
Es una película nostálgica, que se sitúa en dos épocas, los 60's y los 80's, y casualmente ya he hablado de esta dupla temporal en otro post, la diferencia está en que en en Peggy Sue la época real es la retratada. No es producto de la ambientación, sino que fue rodada en ese tiempo, los 80's.
Descubrí cosas sorprendentes al verla por segunda vez, la primera vez que la vi, apenas era una niña y aunque me encantó aquella vez, mirarla ya grande resultó, aún más satisfactorio. Entendí muchas cosas y viendo como ha resultado la vida, no puedo menos que sentirme identificada con Peggy y su historia.
En las palabras de Filmaffinity traemos esta sinopsis:
Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) es una mujer de mediana edad que está deprimida por la reciente separación de su marido (Nicolas Cage). En la fiesta del veinticinco aniversario de su graduación escolar se reúne con sus viejos compañeros de estudios que cuentan cómo les ha ido la vida. Cuando recibe el premio de reina de la fiesta, Peggy sufre un desmayo y misteriosamente despierta en el mismo lugar pero 25 años antes. Sirviéndose de la experiencia adquirida con el tiempo, intentará cambiar los errores cometidos.
Ya sabemos el peligro de intentar cambiar el destino según la lógica de las películas de viajes en el tiempo de los 80's, así que relativamente Peggy no cambia nada, es imposible volver atrás y desandar el camino, pero ella se entregó al viaje y la vimos mirar con otros ojos la vida que vivió. O como decimos en mi país: Nadie le quita lo bailado.
Me encontré con actores ahora reconocidos, que para la época daban sus primeros pasos en la industria del cine. Nos encontramos a una Helen Hunt encantadoramente joven y simpática, una sorpresa para mi, pues siempre la he encontrado un tanto cínica en sus actuaciones posteriores, enfocándose en su mal genio con la serie Mad about you.
También vimos a la hija del director, siendo una niña, interpretar a la hermana menor de la protagonista, con un pequeño papel comenzaba a darse a conocer, así descubre que lo que quiere es dirigir, y realmente lo hace muy bien, en su papel de hermana menor para la película ofreció una linda y buena actuación.
Quien más me sorprendió, fue Jim Carrey, no solo actuó, también cantó. Pero vamos, descubrir que basa su actuación en las mismas muecas de su juventud me hace pensar que no ha evolucionado, salvo contadas excepciones donde si actúa como una persona normal, no una persona con síndrome de Tourette.
A simple vista, Peggy Sue puede parecer una comedia romántica ligera de esas que abundan, si no fuese por el mensaje subyacente de la trama. A cuántos de nosotros no nos ha pasado, que llegados a la adultez vemos con nuevos ojos los errores del pasado, nos damos cuenta que ese hastío por ciertos protocolos o situaciones comunes eran solo producto de la revolución adolescente y no un sentimiento propio. Que mucho del miedo que albergábamos en nuestros corazones se debían más a un elemento externo impuesto que nada tenían que ver con las experiencias vividas.
Me siento atraída por las películas que abordan el viaje en el tiempo, y aquí se puede disfrutar de esa fantasía sin perder la cabeza con fórmulas matemáticas, ya que está enfocada así, como una fantasía, que nos lleva de vuelta en un viaje por la adolescencia. Donde todo parece más fácil y que nada es como creemos, estamos muy ocupados encontrando nuestro lugar en el mundo como para poder discernir lo que verdaderamente ocurre a nuestro alrededor.
Agradezco que la dirección del vestuario se enfocara en la cotidianidad de la vida que transcurría en los 60's, así no vimos, en ningún momento, figurines de portada, tratando de mostrar una moda ficticia, esa que solo algunas personas podían permitirse, en un loco desfile de mujeres vestidas de adultas al estilo de la época, en cambio vimos siluetas sencillas y modestas, como vestirían nuestros padres en su cotidianidad.
Considero que las actuaciones fueron geniales, no solo por parte de la estupenda Kathleen Turner, tan parecida a mi tía, tanto que ya la adoro, se siente la diferencia de las dos edades que atraviesa en la película, su manera de asumir esta diferencia es tan sutil y maravillosa. Su expresión se aprecia notablemente, entre la personalidad de la niña-adulta, y la de madre que, finalmente, vuelve en si.
Por su parte, Nicolas Cage, nos trae un personaje tan encantadoramente pícaro, que ahora entiendo como es que me enamoré de él en mi niñez, en el video que les comparto de el cantando con su grupo, podemos apreciar el juego de sus ojos y cejas, pero es solo una pequeña parte de su interpretación. Ya que de verdad logra transmitir el espíritu del adolescente rebelde y medianamente transgresor de su personaje, el único fallo de su personaje es el ridículo peluquín que le otorga un copete a lo Elvis Presley, y ya sabemos que no es su culpa.
Peggy Sue, su pasado la espera es una película que todos los adolescentes deberían ver, quizás logre abrir sus ojos y sus mentes, para aprender a disfrutar los momentos que resultan aburridos ante la visión infantil, y que quizás luego, al entender el valor de la familia y del amor por los símbolos, nos sintamos arrepentidos por no tomarlos tan en serio.
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Excellent review, very well exposed and with so much sincerity as to say that poor N. Cage was shattered by time and that J. Carrey seems to suffer from Tourette's syndrome.... ha ha ha ha... It made me laugh!... ;-)))Thanks for sharing!
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