Product Description

Do you ever have deja vu? Didn't you just ask me that? Bill Murray is at his wry, wisecracking bestin this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp on the worst day of his life. Teamed with a relentlessly cheerful producer (Andie MacDowell) and a smart-aleck cameraman (Chris Elliott), TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania,to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. But on his way out of town, Phil is caught in a giant blizzard, which he failed to predict, and finds himself stuck in small-town hell. Just when thingscouldn't get worse, they get worse; Phil wakes the next morning to find it's Groundhog Day all overagain... and again... and again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8210 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-01-29
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai
• Dubbed in: French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 101 minutes

Amazon.com
Bill Murray does warmth in his most consistently effective post-Stripes comedy, a romantic fantasy about a wacky weatherman forced to relive one strange day over and over again, until he gets it right. Snowed in during a road-trip expedition to watch the famous groundhog encounter his shadow, Murray falls into a time warp that is never explained but pays off so richly that it doesn't need to be. The elaborate loop-the-loop plot structure cooked up by screenwriter Danny Rubin is crystal-clear every step of the way, but it's Murray's world-class reactive timing that makes the jokes explode, and we end up looking forward to each new variation. He squeezes all the available juice out of every scene. Without forcing the issue, he makes us understand why this fly-away personality responds so intensely to the radiant sanity of the TV producer played by Andie MacDowell. The blissfully clueless Chris Elliott (Cabin Boy) is Murray's nudnik cameraman. --David Chute

From The New Yorker
An above-average Bill Murray vehicle, directed by Harold Ramis from a script by Ramis and Danny Rubin. The star plays Phil Connors, a burned-out TV weatherman who wakes up one morning to discover that he's stuck in time-condemned to relive, endlessly, Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The picture goes on a little too long, but Murray's inventiveness keeps it lively even during its less inspired stretches. The fundamental, deliberate monotony of the conception actually serves to highlight his skill at comic riffing. The movie feels like a spontaneous one-man jam session, and you sense that Murray can play all night, just for the fun of finding out what else he might come up with. He fools around as if there were no tomorrow. Also with Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, and Stephen Tobolowsky. -Terrence Rafferty
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

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.

"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!

Was this written by Buddhists?
This unique comedy seems like it has to have been written by a bunch of Buddhists (a friend told me it was, it seems believable to me, but I haven't actually verified that). This movie may very well make you laugh and cry at the same time.

Bill Murray's character wakes up the day after Groundhog Day only to find that it is, once again, Groundhog Day, and everyone else is acting as if nothing is off.

You will be riveted by his plight as this cycle continues over and over
again, creating an emotional roller coaster that some would say is
indicative of the stages of ego release. This is a classic that will enlighten, entertain and provide endless enjoyment for the whole family.

What does it take for him to finally break the cycle of the day that never ends? Find out...

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