Groundhog Day (PG)

★★★★✭ A charming and well-crafted comedy, Groundhog Day is that rare Bill Murray vehicle in which the material (and its execution) are every bit as good as the star's performance. ~ AllMovie.

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Teamed with a relentlessly cheerful producer and a smart-aleck cameraman, cynical TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities in this 1993 classic comedy.

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 things couldn’t get any worse, they do.

Phil wakes the next morning to find it’s Groundhog Day all over again… and again… and again.

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★★★★✭ Comic perfection. ~ Empire.

★★★★★ Director Harold Ramis uses every cinematic trick in the book to keep what is essentially a one-gag movie brimming with life and fresh ideas. ~ Radio Times.

★★★★★ Andie MacDowell was never more convincing and Chris Elliott is a dry delight as her lens-man. Murray and movie, meanwhile, are a mutual godsend. ~ Total Film.