Groundhog Day [Blu-ray] [Region A & B & C] (UK Edition) [1993]

This is a film that ought to be compulsory for everyone to watch - there are a lot of those - but the mixture of philosophical drama, slapstick comedy and the romantic feel-good factor is just right. Although Murray plays his character with comic gusto and there is never a dull moment when he's on-screen, the poignant, terrifying and lengthy process of his redemption shocks the viewer into the realisation that this is not, strictly speaking, a comedy film. It is, however, a testament to the cast and the directors that it manages to keep its pace and sense of humour and doesn't turn into a leaden moralising mass. Although Americans can't make a war film about another country's war, they can do this kind of magical fiction about their own society.What is good about the setting and the people in it is that it is so believable - despite "Hairdo" at the beginning, the cast is full of the misfits and weirdos very rarely seen in American productions. Murray is not a clean-cut kid, and in his very smugness at the beginning is ten times the character that Andie Macdowell is, and since her Rita too is flesh and blood, that is saying an awful lot. Too many ordinary heroines would fall for Phil Connors' womanising and his too-hasty attempts to gratify her, both while he is still manipulating various townswomen into sleeping with him and after he has begun to realise that he should start to treat women (in particular) better. Although Rita is a liitle saccharine-sweet at the beginning, she knows herself and Phil enough by the end to come across in a better light. Eventually you begin waiting with baited breath for 6am, to see whether Phil has made it out or whether he must live yet another day. And the final scene does keep you in suspense just a moment longer as the clock ticks over one last time from 5.59 to 6.00...The director calculates in the commentary that to become as good a piano/synth player as Phil Connors ends up, he'd need to spend at least ten years in his loop cycle - and that's not including what has gone before he takes his first piano lesson. That's the scariest part about it, and when you watch the included documentary and listen to the commentary (which is essentially watching the film over again, as the director takes care not to speak over the dialogue) you begin to realise the enormous amount of thought that went into the production of this. One frame does cut to a shot of the "Woodstock Jewellers" - showing up the fact that this was actually filmed in a small town in Illinois, as the real Punxatawney is not as picturesque as the film requires the town to be - but otherwise the illusion is firmly implanted in th e viewers' minds. Sadly the problem with the car chase scenes is that - if the roads are so good after a blizzard strong enough to close the freeway out of town, couldn't he just try to leave? Although it raised a question in my mind, the effect is only slight and if you are fully absorbed in what must be the most gripping film I've ever watched, then you'll hardly notice.The DVD (my Collector's Edition at any rate) comes with a lovely set of extras, including a full range of dub languages and subtitles. I watched it through in English with Polish subtitles (I speak this fluently and find it good to learn more colloquialisms by this method) but heck, if you wanted to try, say Italian with Hungarian or French with Czech, you could end up watching the film a hundred times - which really would be a Groundhog Day experience. Also when you click on a menu item the cursor changes from 5.59 to 6.00, which is a classic touch and which more DVDs should have.

A timeless classic (no pun intended!).

This is very interesting interesting and entertaining fantasy movie.Phil (Bill Murray) is a TV Weather reporter and Rita (Andie MacDowell) is a producer.They go to a small town to report on a Groundhog Day festival in a small town, Punxsutawney.Phil is bit of tired of his Job, and he is planning to leave his current job for another Broadcaster.After reporting on Feb 2, on the way back heavy snow stops the traffic, and they have return back, stay the night in the town.Next day, Phil he founds out that date is still Feb 2, he starts see the things as the previous day; and only person aware of this is himself, rest of the people live their life as if it is their first time.This is the main flow of the movie.After a few days he starts using this for his own benefit like he eats what ever he likes, because he does not get fat, he breaks the rules because he has no concern for tomorrow,and then next morning everything starts from scratch.An he wants to seduce Rita's. In his conversation with her, he learned every day more of her personality; and next day he uses this to seduce her.Though Rita is stunned with his approaches, she still rebuff his them.Eventually Phil got sick of this repetitive life, and wants to kill himself; but that was also not possible.Then he changes his dealing with it, and starts doing just the opposite; using his power for the good of community.For example saving a man's life by interviewing just on time. This style seduces Rita even more.And he decides to tell his story to Rita.Rita convinced in his story decides to sleep wit him to see if they will get up together next morning.And next morning she is on his bed, and it is Feb 3.They love each other and decide to continue their life in that town.Repetitive daily scenes where Phil is acting different, and funny.Movie shows the simple repetitiveness of our lives.It eventually praises traditional American morality that good always cracks the resistance of bad; in this case bad is the repetitiveness.Bill Murray was great, but I love the performance of Andie MacDowell.

Groundhog Day (1993)Had never seen this before and I’d heard from many that it was a comedy classic and one of (if not) Bill Murray’s best performance. The film follows weatherman Phil (Murray) who finds himself reliving the same day over and over in what may be his least favourite place on earth. I have to agree with that previous statement I’d heard, this is the best Bill Murray performance I’ve seen, Phil starts off the movie as a bit of a sarcastic douchebag and Murray’s delivery of lines and facial expression is hilarious, however this movie is also a character drama as well as a comedy and the more serious scenes he also nails and the script is really well written so his character development is consistently interesting. Main supporting cast member Rita (Andie MacDowell) is very good as well and her and Murray have great chemistry to give a believable and fun romance. Even the minor supporting cast members are memorable and have funny moments. The pacing does suffer at times (due to the repetitive structure which is essential to the plot) and like all comedies not every joke lands. However Groundhog Day was a very enjoyable easy watch with a top lead performance and original premise.

This movie is from people had new ideas for movies, not like now days. This should be part of everyone's collection. The Blu-ray quality was amazing I didn't even feel like it was an older movie.

Le tenía cierto recelo por ser una película de romance, pero me tragué mis palabras al verla, es una gran película que resuelve muy bien sus primicias, no es pretenciosa y la trama se desenvuelve de forma magistral, un clásico que no tiene desperdicio.

1993 une comédie à petit budget va rapporter pratiquement 10 fois son budget en mettant en scène Bill Murray qui est à l'époque mondialement connu grâce à son rôle dans SOS Fantômes.Il incarne un présentateur météo blasé et cynique qui doit couvrir pour la 4ème fois le traditionnel jour de la marmotte à Punxsutawney.Détestant cette ville et cette tradition qu'il juge idiote, il est accompagné de sa productrice jouée par la pétillante Andie MacDowell et son caméraman qu'il prend un malin plaisir à rabaisser.Petit problème, le lendemain il se réveille exactement au même endroit et revit sans cesse la même journée. Même sa propre mort ne peut arrêter ce cycle infernal.Si le personnage principal va au départ user et abuser de cette situation, la dépression va vite le guetter et il n'aura pas d'autre choix que d'essayer une remise en question.Malgré un léger coup de vieux, Un jour sans fin reste une comédie efficace sur fond de romance. Bill Murray réalise une excellente performance d'acteur en nous offrant une part de drame inhabituelle.Au fil des ans, ce film d'Harold Ramis va bénéficier d'une aura culte et à juste titre.Hélas cela sera la dernière collaboration entre Ramis et Murray suite à une brouille entre les 2 hommes. Lors de la pandémie de COVID 19, les salles de cinéma auront la bonne idée de le rediffuser car il offre un parallèle intéressant avec ces milliers de personnes confinés chez eux à tourner en rond.S'il a souvent été imité, on peut dire qu'en dehors d'Edge of Tomorrow (2014) personne n'est jamais parvenu à l'égaler.Véritable feel good movie qui s'adresse à tout le monde, je le recommande vivement.

tutto OK, perfetto.

Nel tempo sono stati fatti altri film nello stile "ricomincio da capo"; ma questo rimane a mio parere inarrivabile.Le atmosfere, le ambientazioni, le inquadrature, le colonne sonore e degli attori perfetti nei loro ruoli rendono il film un vero gioiello nel panorama cinematografico. Una storia perfetta in cui il protagonista (magistralmente interpretato da Bill Murray) riuscirà a trovare la forza di cambiare.E' un film che riesce a parlare di noi stessi, di amore, di coraggio, dell'importanza di interagire con il prossimo e fondamentalmente una perfetta metafora della vita ai nostri giorni.La versione blu-ray del prodotto è molto buona, rendendo l'esperienza visiva molto soddisfacente.Concludo con un piccolo appunto, il titolo originale del film è in realtà "Groundhog Day" e ne consiglio la visione in lingua originale.