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Summary: Great movie, OK DVD.
Review: I am giving this 5 stars purely for the movie - the DVD is just OK. I absolutely love the movie. It's about a weatherman (Phil) who hates covering the Groundhog Day celebrations. He acts like a complete jerk, and ends up having to repeat the day over and over and over. The cast is just great (Bill Murray, Chris Elliot, Andie McDowell) and the story is unique and well-written. The DVD is just mediocre, comes with very few special features.
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Summary: better than ghostbusters itself.
Review: I dont know where to begin. If you one of those people who love the movie but would give the DVD 1 satr because of "speical features" or "how good the picture looks" pass. But if your awesome and see a movie for.... oh whats thatvthing THE ACTULLE MOVIE, youll love this. ytoull laugh from beginning to end and be quoting it for days.
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Summary: One of Bill Murray's Best
Review: One of the best comedic performances to date by Bill Murray. He carries the load virtually by himself throughout the movie, although he also has an outstanding supporting cast. Doomed to relive Groundhog Day over and over again, we follow Murray's emotions as he goes from denial to acceptance, from happy to suicidal, and finally to conformity with his situation. We follow all of his hilarious attempts to correct the mistakes he makes in wooing his boss which he does by repeating all of his actions up to the point of failure and then correcting each failure the next day. And he does this until he can actually live out the "perfect day." Lots of laughs here. Excellent acting by Murray. If you are a Murray fan, this is a definite "must have" DVD.
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Summary: Wake up! It's Groundhog Day!
Review: One of the most clever comedies out there. I bought this movie simply because it is one of those clean comedies that is funny and sends a good message. It is the type of movie that you can watch, then put on the shelf awhile, and then watch again at a later time. This movie did not get a lot of attention when it came out, but I think this might be Bill Murray's funniest role because it captures the very nature of his cynicism that he is accustomed to producing in movies. It also stars Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliot. Bill Murray plays a meteorologist that gets stuck reliving the same day over and over again. At first he thinks he's going nuts, but eventually becomes accustomed to this day, and tweaks each "new" day a little differently until he figures out how to "solve" his problems and attitude on life. This movie also makes you, as a viewer, think a little bit about how you would handle such a situation. Are there things we take for granted? What would you correct in your own life if you had to live the same day over and over again? Great story and plot idea, and this movie is suitable for any age level.
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Summary: A Comedy Classic-and the DVD makes it even better
Review: When I first saw this movie in the early 90's, I liked it. However, I didn't think that much of it; until I realized later that it stayed with me in a way unusual for most broad comedies.
The plot is simple: a Pittsburgh weatherman reports on the appearance of "Punxstaney Phil" on Groundhog Day and gets stuck in the day. Really stuck-as in he keeps living the day over and over again. He wakes up to the same bad music (Sonny and Cher), runs into the same annoying high school friend, meets up with his perky, lovely producer and cynical cameraman (Andie MacDowell and Chris Elliot), and sees the groundhog come out again and again. For the others, the day is new and fresh each time. For our hero, it is same old, same old. Eventually, he begins to realize he can "work" with the situation (e.g., freak people out by knowing what will happen, do outrageous things with no consequence).
Bill Murray's deadpan, slightly improvisational style works beautifully in this role. Andie MacDowell isn't asked to do much more than be sweet and beautiful-and that's not too hard for her.
The DVD added so much to my appreciation of the movie. The director Harold Ramis has a most insightful track over the film. I was very interested to learn that the movie had Zen overtones (one man lives 10,000 days) as well as modeling its structure on the five stages of grief. Whoa.
I would recommend this movie to individuals who enjoy the big, broad comedies from the 80's and 90's (e.g., Ghostbusters, Stripes). I wouldn't recommend this movie to individuals who don't like Bill Murray-as this is the quintessential Murray film.
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Summary: Awesome movie
Review: This is my favorite movie of all time. This movie has it all... the comedy, the love story, the interesting philosophical debate of what Groundhog Day actually means. This movie will live on forever.
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Summary: Bill Murray's Best Role
Review: Right up there with "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" and "There's Something About Mary" there's my favorite Billy Murray comedy.... "Goundhog Day". Murray (as TV Weatherman Phil Connors) is easily the movie's lone Hollywood star, as the rest of the cast are much lesser known in the field. Andie MacDowell was probably better known for her career in modeling in 1993, than as an actress... she does a simply wonderful job as "Rita" the TV Producer. Chris Elliot does a fine job in a less annoying role than he's used to as "Larry" the cameraman (he's come a long way since being "The Man Under The Stairs" on David Letterman). The other actor to really make an impression is the man with the recognizable face, but what's his name (Stephen Tobolowsky as life insurance salesman Ned "Bing!" Ryerson). Oh, and Scooter the groundhog. As for the story, Bill Murray is stuck in the same cold day (which happens to be Groundhog Day) in Punxsutawney, PA covering the now famous festivities. He keeps reliving the same day, over and over again. Everyday he sees the same things. Everyday he meets the same people... the man in the hallway early in the morning, Doris the waitress, the town mayor, etc. He decides to make the best of the situation and do whatever he wants... only because he knows he'll wake up the next day and it will be the same day all over again. As he grows tired of reliving the same day over and over, Connors shifts his focus to Rita. First, trying to impress her. Then, trying to really care for her. When he finally does break thru to her, the spell is broken and the next day appears. I rank some of Bill Murray's movies as classic... i.e. "Caddyshack", "Stripes", "Scrooged", "What About Bob", etc... but I put "Groundhog Day" at the top of the list. Easy choice for my #1 favorite Bill Murray movie. Also an easy pick for one of my top 4-5 comedies all-time. *****
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Summary: Don't forget your booties 'cuz it's cold out there today!
Review: Groundhog day is a comedy and one of my all time favourite films. It stars Bill Murray as Phil Connors, a weatherman with Channel 9 Pittsburgh, and Andie MacDowell, who plays Rita his new producer. It starts off on February 1st, with them plus the cameraman travelling to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania "The home of the Groundhog" for the Annual Groundhog day celebrations, which is the next day, 2nd Feb. The Groundhog, its believed, is supposed to predict the end of winter by seeing or not seeing his shadow. The groundhog looks like a beaver by the way and rather cute. He absolutely hates going to Punxsutawney to cover this festival and he makes his feelings about this pretty clear, he actually says to the guest house owner that his chances of departure today are 100% because there is no way he wants to spend a minute more than he has to in this backwater, as he calls it. On there way out of town, after filming the Groundhog being lifted out of the ground. They get caught in a blizzard and have to turn back, much to Phil's reluctance. So he has to stay another night in the place that he has become to loathe. Then his bedside alarm goes off at the same time as the previous day and much to Phil's annoyance he thinks that the radio station are playing yesterday's tape until he looks out the window and sees no traces of snow whatsoever.He is stuck in a time warp! Anyway I won't go into too much detail as I don't want to spoil this film for those of you that haven't been fortunate to watch it. The main part of the film concentrates on Phil Connors reliving Groundhog Day over and over again. At first he is bored by this and doesn't understand what is happening then he decides that his life is definitely not worth living any more and tries to commit suicide, he also tries to manipulate people and he pretends to know this woman that he takes a fancy too. He also watches when security guards turn there back on some money and pinches it right from under there noses. He even gets arrested after driving on the railroad track drunk. All these things don't have any effect on Phil Connors as he wakes up the same every morning. He even tries to go out with Rita, his producer and doesn't succeed at first. She thinks he is crazy and playing tricks on her. The amount of times he gets slapped round the face by her or other women is incredible. He gradually begins to realise that he can help people out and goes round being nice for a change, he also helps himself by learning the piano. I would love to go on and tell you all the film but I had better stop here, I love this film and have watched it at the cinema, hired it on video and then bought the video and since then I guess I must have watched it at least 100 times, I think I probably know this film word for word. This film is a PG and I would say suitable for all its also very funny as Bill Murray is at his best. I know I will be watching it a few hundred times more and for those of you that haven't seen it or don't remember it, I would recommend that you watch this as I consider this film to be an extremely funny film and a classic.
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Summary: Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.
Review: Harold Ramis' "Groundhog Day" is a one-trick pony film. There is only one joke in the film and it repeats itself over and over. Knowing this, you might think that this film just wouldn't work. After all who wants to see the same joke over and over for an hour and a half? Yet, "Groundhog Day" does work and it works admirably. Both Ramis and star Bill Murray have figured out that it's not the joke itself that will make the film work - it is how the joke is delivered. Murray plays Phil Connors, a weatherman less than enthused with the assignment given him - heading out to Punxsutawney, Pa. to see if groundhog Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow. Connors couldn't care less if the nation will have six more weeks of winter and his disdain for the whole event is palatable. Like a good soldier, Connors nevertheless wakes up and does the remote broadcast. He goes to bed that night glad to be finished with his task. However, he awakens the next day and discovers it is Groundhog Day again. He shrugs this off as some kind of bad dream until he realizes the same thing happens the next morning . . . and the next morning . . . and the next morning. Murray is horrified in the early going as tries to escape the hellish time warp he finds himself in. Then when it might seem that there is no way out, Murray starts to accept his situation . . . and then completely takes advantage of it with hilarious results. Amidst the chaos he causes, Conners makes sure to set aside time to woo the local women but finds that he truly longs for his news producer Rita (Andie MacDowell). As the days keep repeating one after another, Connors decides to use his foreknowledge to make himself a better person in order to win her heart. "Groundhog Day" never bothers to provide an explanation to its events but that actually helps matters as it enhances the fairy tale-like quality of the film. The film plays more like a romantic morality tale than a "Twilight Zone" episode and is all the better for it. It is a story of the heart rather than a story of the mind. Watching Murray perform his role seamlessly is a pleasant reminder of how good he was in "Stripes" all those years ago and is proof that he is still a talented comedian and actor. MacDowell is also charming in her role and Chris Elliott is solid in his supporting part. Yet, it's Murray who makes the film work and "Groundhog Day" is one of those shining cinematic examples of the right actor being cast in the right film.
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Summary: Scrooge? Bailey? No, Connor.
Review: It's the chance we'd all like and never get. Finally, an opportunity to do it all again and not screw up. And so in "Groundhog Day" Phil Connor (Bill Murray) gets the chance--and blows it. Then gets it again, and blows it again. And on we all go on a wild excursion from delightful comedy to the darkest recesses of the human soul. Sure it's been done. Scrooge took an equally dark ride though his past in an attempt to reclaim his soul; and George Bailey was given the opportunity to view the world without him. "Groundhog Day" isn't better, but it's damned good. What's more, Scrooge was s-o-o-o very evil, and George Bailey was s-o-o-o very good. Phil Connor is Everyman. It takes him many mornings of waking up to "I Got You, Babe" to learn life: The rest of us get that one morning only. We better not blow it.
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