Andie MacDowell, Angela Paton, Bill Murray

One of the acknowledged classics of American comedy, "Groundhog Day" concerns TV weatherman Phil Connors, who is forced to live the same Feb. 2 over and over again until he gains some karmic -- and co...( read more  read more... )mic -- insight into his life.

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PG, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Harold Ramis

Release Date: February 12, 1993

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DVD Release Date: January 29, 2002

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  • October 12, 2006
    It's a comedy that not only gets better and funnier everytime you watch it, it's also perfect for the entire family.
  • November 11, 2009
    A decent enough comedy about living the same day over and over. Cool idea although the repetition does grate after a while. If you're a fan of Bill Murray and Harold Ramis comedies this is for you.
  • September 24, 2009
    A great Bill Murray comedy. It has one of the worst cinema posters ever though, don?t you think?
  • May 21, 2009
    A classic, Bill Murray is hilarious!
  • April 12, 2009
    Rita: What did you do today?
    Phil: Oh, same-old same-old.

    Bill Murray stars in a Bill Murray type comedy meets the Twilight Zone.

    Murray is Phil Connors, TV weather man and a big jerk who cares only about himself. On an annual trip to a small Pennsylvania town for Groundhogs D...( read more)ay, he goes, hates it tries to leave, but he can't.

    It's not just because of a blizzard, nope, something zany happens. Phil relives the same day over and over and over.

    At first he treats it as a curse. Phil then tries to do some mischievous deeds and progresses to other means of entertaining or fulfilling the day, including killing himself. Then something else happens, he begins to learn. He proceeds to do more fulfilling things with his day in an effort to find a sort of solace.

    Murray is great hear, providing the right amount of different Murrayisms that he is very good at, from the extreme jerky levels, to the fun, charming sarcasm.

    Its easy to see why this is so highly rated on IMDB. It's a sweet comedy, with a unique concept, that's fun to watch. Further acknowledging how this concept and the themes behind it could affect your life could only put one deeper in thought on how to take this movie, especially when you consider the elongated length of time that Murray's character does in fact spend in the same day.

    Good movie.

    Phil: Ned, I would love to stay here and talk with you... but I'm not going to.
  • November 19, 2009
    I watched this growing up
  • November 19, 2009
    "I Got You Babe" is a 1965 number-one hit single by American pop music duo Sonny & Cher. In the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day, it is this song to which the main character awakes each repetitive morning on the clock radio
    "This is a beautiful film. A memorable comedy for the age...( read more)s. From some distanse, a rolling ball, a silly comedy, a farce even. But a closer look reveals a beauty easily not seen.Like the day that passed you yesterday. Did you see all the beauty in that day? Did you feel it ? Or did it slip by you, cluttered by the mishaps, by the annoyances, the small bothers? What is happening to your yesterdays? Are you throwing them out.. We're such a society of waste. If an object gives us the slightest resistance, we throw it out, buy a new one. But what of yesterday? Did you throw it out half full? Half full of beauty? Where is that beauty? Yesterday's beauty that went unnoticed by you? Where is it now? Groundhog day is a film full of beauty. Beaty that gave you all that small things you throw away. If you watch it once and find it annoying, repetitive, boring even -- then I dare you to watch it again. Did you see any beauty that time? No? Watch it again? Did you get it? No? You have to watch again and again and again until you see the beauty. Why? Because of all the yesterdays you threw away brimming with unfound beauty, ignored beauty, no fault of the beauty's -- but yours. Watch it again, stop your whining, watch it again, until you understand, until you figure it out, till you see all the beauty in today and then only then, today becomes tomorrow"
    But it's a pretty funny to!!!!
  • November 17, 2009
    Me gustó, no tiene una producción muy elaborada, y a pesar de que no es nueva, remasterizada ni nada de eso, me gusta. La idea de permanecer atrapado un dia en el tiempo, durante un tiempo indefinido, te permitiría conocer a detalle todo y a todos. Simplemente me gustó.
  • November 17, 2009





    IMDB RATING :8.1

    MAIN CAST : Bill Murray,Andie MacDowell

    TAG LINE : </...( read more)b> He's having the worst day of his life... over, and over...

    SUMMERY : its a story of a new reporter phil (Bill Murray) whos been sent to cover the groundhog day story which he really dont like. then something happen he living that same day again again and again.i woke up every day and its been the groundhog day, the worst day of his life

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    MY THOUGHT: its was a pretty good movie.the story line was fantastic and really more of kind from that u can learn from it.lets talk bill Murray really i got y ppl say this guy is so funny. he was so grt not that funny but i can feel that touch of his talent.so all in all a nice movie to watch.

    MY RECOMMENDATION : its a very good movie maybe u can something from this.so go watch a this good movie.
  • November 15, 2009
    still refer to this film regularly, great1

Critic Reviews


January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The film is lovable and sweet. full review

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  • stardancerpoet
    February 9, 2007
    Another movie to see if you like this one is is 12:01. It was a TV made movie. Unlike in Groundhog, you discover why he is in a time loop.

    Somethings of interest in the movie that I learned. One is the man that he saved from choking was his brother which seem more like his dad. The other is I wonder if it would be good if Tom Hanks was chosen instead.
  • drasticmanus
    May 19, 2006
    A recent accident left me out of commission and more or less bed-ridden and stuck at home for most of a week. As I recovered, my wife rented movies for me to watch, including this title.

    I enjoyed this piece for the protagonist, played by Bill Murray, and also for the overall concept of reliving the same day over and over again, getting the chance to rehearse and reinact situations until an optimal outcome is reached. This is a good film for those who enjoy watching characters evolve.

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