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Francis Ford Coppola's passable 1986 comedy stars Kathleen Turner as an unhappy, middle-aged woman who goes back in time to her high school years and meets her future husband (Nicolas Cage) all over again. A lightweight entry from Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now), the film has some clever, backward-looking jokes (Turner's character laughs incredulously when someone turns up with a brand-new Edsel); and the lead actress does bring intelligence and searching emotions to her role. Cage (Coppola's nephew), who specialized in these dumb-guy roles back then (see Raising Arizona), is in sharp, raw form. Worth a visit, but don't expect to be bowled over this time by the legendary director. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, theatrical trailer, optional Spanish soundtrack and optional Spanish and French subtitles. --Tom Keogh
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Francis Ford Coppola took a comic break after The Godfather movies and several smaller films to direct this gently manic twist on such 1960s-era nostalgia movies as American Graffitti. Kathleen Turner plays an unhappily married woman who falls asleep at her 25th high school reunion and wakes up to find out she has re-entered her teen years and has a chance to remake her woeful life. It's a madcap time-travel movie in which Coppola seems to be searching for a consistent tone, mixing melodrama and comedy with hints of tragedy. His nephew Nicolas Cage excels in his third role in a Coppola film, on the verge of his breakthrough in Moonstruck. Turner was Oscar-nominated, but the film was a commercial disappointment, and critics seemed uncomfortable to see a director of Coppola's stature fiddling around with such relatively mundane material. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
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Francis Ford Coppola's passable 1986 comedy stars Kathleen Turner as an unhappy, middle-aged woman who goes back in time to her high school years and meets her future husband (Nicolas Cage) all over again. A lightweight entry from Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now), the film has some clever, backward-looking jokes (Turner's character laughs incredulously when someone turns up with a brand-new Edsel); and the lead actress does bring intelligence and searching emotions to her role. Cage (Coppola's nephew), who specialized in these dumb-guy roles back then (see Raising Arizona), is in sharp, raw form. Worth a visit, but don't expect to be bowled over this time by the legendary director. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, theatrical trailer, optional Spanish soundtrack and optional Spanish and French subtitles. --Tom Keogh
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Francis Ford Coppola took a comic break after The Godfather movies and several smaller films to direct this gently manic twist on such 1960s-era nostalgia movies as American Graffitti. Kathleen Turner plays an unhappily married woman who falls asleep at her 25th high school reunion and wakes up to find out she has re-entered her teen years and has a chance to remake her woeful life. It's a madcap time-travel movie in which Coppola seems to be searching for a consistent tone, mixing melodrama and comedy with hints of tragedy. His nephew Nicolas Cage excels in his third role in a Coppola film, on the verge of his breakthrough in Moonstruck. Turner was Oscar-nominated, but the film was a commercial disappointment, and critics seemed uncomfortable to see a director of Coppola's stature fiddling around with such relatively mundane material. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
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