Murray @ His best (Groundhog Day (DVD))

Member Name: itsonlyme

Product:	Groundhog Day (DVD)
Date:	24/06/01 (28 review reads)
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Advantages: very funny, original, murry is spectacular

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Released in 1993, Groundhog day found stardom in its originality and rightly proved a big hit.
With a cast consisting of Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton, Rick Doucommun, Rick Overton, and Robin Duke, chances are it was always destined to succeed - which it did!

For Phil Connors (Murray), life is a listless attempt to be as cocky and off-putting as possible. No one really likes him that much and the feeling seems to be mutual. He seems to have a little fun as the weatherman on a Pittsburgh network news show, but is unhappy that it has to be such a small station. And Groundhog Day -- few things bring such ire as the yearly visit to Punxsutawney to cover the Groundhog Day festivities.

But then something happens -- over and over and over again. It seems that through some miracle, he has been stranded to live that day forever or at least until he can get it right. For him, this is a chance to try so many different things. There are no consequences to his actions since everything is back to normal the next morning as the Sonny and Cher tune "I Got You Babe" marks 6:00 AM.

There is a magical appeal to Groundhog Day, something that has not really been seen in most of the films that have come from Bill Murray. I love the guy and all, thinking that his film prior to Groundhog Day, What About Bob?, was one of the funniest films of 1991, but he had never really shown the incredible actor that he is. In this film, he has the chance to show many different sides of one character and makes the most of it. It is one of his greatest performances, probably the best before his work in 1998's Rushmore

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