Phil (Bill Murray, Lost in Translation) is having a not so very good day. He’s pissed off, he’s out in pucksitawny, PA doing a story about the weatherman, a groundhog, who predicts the Winter’s lot each year on groundhog’s day. What Phil doesn’t realize is that he is supposed to get the day right. What exactly he’s supposed to do, he doesn’t know, but he relives the same day over and over and over again in hopes of finding out what he’s supposed to do.
Eventually he comes to a unique conclusion in an unforgettable scene. As he sits in the diner eating deserts aplenty, he turns to Rita (Andie McDowell, 4 Weddings and a Funeral), who he has been trying to romance unsuccessfully for hundreds of his days of groundhog’s day. “I’m a god.” Says Phil. And proceeds to show all that he has learned after hundreds of days in Puksitawny.
It’s as though fate realized Phil had never matured, only grown older, and as he looks at all he has seen and all the people he has the chance to influence, he steadily puts together the ultimate day, and dedicates his time to doing what is right. It’s a charming story with Murray who is a one of a kind actor.
A classic, a 2, and surefire movie every February 3rd.
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