David Edelstein

“…. Often, [Coppola's] camera seems detached, unwilling to enter a scene and push for stronger emotion. It's as if he's forgotten how to frame characters so we can peer into their souls; or else, having decided to direct Peggy Sue and not DIRECT Peggy Sue, he just can't be bothered to dig around…. [I felt able to’ look into Peggy Sue's soul’.]

“…. Kathleen Turner, less glib than usual, plays Peggy Sue in a gutsy-old-broad style--world-weariness and hurt have etched themselves into her personality--and the pleasure comes in watching her wake up and take the plunge into life again. It's a brilliant idea--the mature, disillusioned '80s woman in the body of a '60s high school girl--and even if the movie itself isn't magical, the concept carries it….

“…. On its own terms, [Cage's] performance is daft and endearing, but it's a hollow stunt--weirdness for weirdness's sake, Peggy Sue be damned. Cage never inhabits the same universe as Turner, who has to fire herself up over him in a void. That takes its toll on her work, too. Coppola (Cage's uncle) should never have let it happen….”

David Edelstein
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