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Rating:  - "Do You Ever Have Deja Vu?" "Did You Just Ask Me That?"
Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is a self-absorbed weatherman in Pittsburg who is obsessed with moving to a larger market. As part of his job, he goes every year to Pitsatony to cover the groundhog festivities on February 2nd. This year, he is going with his producer Rita (Andie MacDowell) and camera guy Larry (Chris Elliot). He can't wait to get home, but a blinding snowstorm makes it impossible for them to leave.
The next morning, Phil wakes up to discover that it isn't the next morning. And no matter what he does, every morning he wakes up to find it is February 2nd. Slowly, he begins to learn from his mistakes and do thing differently. But will he ever get out of this repetitive repetition?
After hearing this movie praised for years, I finally got a chance to see it. And I enjoyed it. There are lots of very funny moments as Phil deals with his predicament. His reactions near the beginning are priceless. And there is a very heartwarming message underneath it all.
However, I did find it got old before the movie was over. And there are some very dark scenes that felt out of place for the comedy it was supposed to be.
Those are minor issues, however. So if you've missed this movie, get it today and enjoy it over and over and over and over again.
Rating:  - Damon Medic's review of "Groundhog Day"
"Groundhog Day" is one of Bill Murray's best efforts. To think that a movie could repeat the same day over and over and over again and still be interesting is amazing and a credit to Murray's ability to draw viewers in. It turns out to be a sweet film of romance and I highly recommend it!
Damon Medic
Rating: - Worth the wait.
This movie starts out as any normal movie, but become quite monotonous throughout most of the movie, (which I'm sure was the director's intent) then has an awesome ending. "Well worth the wait" Be patient.
Rating:  - Still Sucking After All These Years
I first watched this movie as a kid, when I was home sick from school one day. I didn't like it then but since that time I've heard many people praise it, and figured maybe I didn't quite understand it back then.
Well apparently my pint-sized brain had some powers of discrimination even in those days. I just watched the movie again, and even though I realized it wasn't going to get good halfway through, I kept watching anyway, just to fully appreciate why I hate this film.
Firstly, every single character, aside from Murray's, is a two-dimensional moron whose sole purpose is to advance the increasingly rickety storyline. Even Murray's character at times seems as if he's being treated as a puppet by the writers, periodically engaging in some histrionics to add some 'entertainment' to this mind-numbing film.
Secondly, and probably more importantly as a comedy, the film is not funny.
My least relevant criticism, but one that probably elevates my contempt for this movie to another level, is the imbecility of the allegory. What is this film trying to say? Everyone is essentially good-natured and live every day to the fullest? Great. Not only is it poorly written and acted, the movie's cliched theme is saccharine to the point of being nauseating.
One star for taking a good concept and bludgeoning it into an airheaded piece of hollywood sludge.
Rating: - "I've got you babe..."
Groundhog Day - 15th Anniversary Edition is the perfect film to watch when you are in a funk. Hopefullly this hit film will put a smile on your face afterwords, Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell are heavenly together. They have great chemistry and you believe their love/hate relationship. This is director's Harold Ramis second best film after National Lampoon's Vacation, I just love his movies. I highly recommend purchasing this classic, enjoy!
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