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Teaches You A Lot About Life...
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile)
Dec 15, 2006
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This is one of the most well directed, acted, written, and relived Comedy/Drama/Romance movies ever brought to screen in my opinion. Bill Murray's performance was unwisely overlooked by the Academy Awards.
Bill Murray's performance was the best he has EVER done in his career. His combination of ego-centric, self-pitying, and humor well draws out. I for one think that he was worthy for atleast an Oscar nomination.
The story sets out as overly pessimistic weatherman reporter, Phil Conners (Bill Murray), is shooting for the fifth straight time the Groundhog winter prediction on Feburary 2nd in Punxatonny. When he finally reaches the end of his long and gray day, he wakes up in the same bed, same hotel to the same tune of "We Got You Babe" at 6:00 on Feb. 2nd...again. He meets the same annoying old high school classmate salesman. He reports the Groundhog prediction again. He lives it out again ackwardly. Again, he wakes up on Feb. 2nd. This time he decks the annoying insurance salesman, which I thought was very humurous. He starts to think that he is going insane and goes to get a cat-scan and even to a psychologist. But there is nothing wrong with him. He spends the night wrecking havoc and goes behind bars. He wakes up back in his bed on Groundhog Day. Then he starts to pull his moves on some women. He tries again and again with his producer, Rita, but fails everytime and each time losing more of his dignity. He then decides this is enough. He kills himself. But wakes up in the same bed again. He kills himself over and over again, but finally realizes that he is not making time go any faster or helping himself at all. He then starts making some better decisions. He decides to help an old man on the streets who ends up being destined to die on that day. He starts making more and more decisions and begins to change from his self-centered origins to a man with humility, helping, and starts to fall in love with Rita. He wakes up again and again and learns to play the piano very well. He fixes every ill-fated thing that happens on that day and impresses the townspeople. It isn't until he tells Rita that he truely loves her and will spend the rest of his life with her before he...finally...wakes up the next day, with her laying by his side.
The movie has many metaphors showing that for some people, their isn't a worse pain than suffering the same day, same schedule, same events over and over. Also showing that anyone person can change from ill-fated essentric to caring, respecting, and loving. It also questions if fate really does make it's own path for you, but also suggests that it may be your own choices decide your fate. Some would take it as a curse and others would take it as an opportunity to right every wrong in one day. Also curiously suggesting in this line, "Maybe that's why God knows everything, is because he's been around so long seeing everything over and over." This movie has so many points in it that I couldn't name them all. It was beautifully written and directed by Harold Ramis who actually played a small acting role in it. (The fat guy in the suit and glasses who greets him every morning)
I would suggest that anyone reading this buy this movie. It raises many questions and at the same times answers many. Everyone who watches it, sees something a little different. I think the reason why this movie was overlooked is because of the amount of very good movies in 1993. Schindler's List and Jurassic Park are a couple. But I think this film is a work of art along with the two above. Outstanding movie!!
My Rating: A+ Oscar Worthy!!
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