Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Groundhog Day


This is Bill Murray's best movie (along with Ghostbusters & Mad Dog and Glory) and also the best movie of Harold Ramis (as a director).
When I saw the movie for the first time, it was like a breath of fresh air among all other Hollywood releases at the time (boring, stupid, predictable). Why? Because you knew how it's gonna end (obviously, it's a romantic comedy), but you didn't know WHEN! and believe me, you don't want it to end...
Worth noticing is also the fact that movie sparks genuine feelings for the characters (even sporadic ones), otherwise absent from other Harold Ramis/Ivan Reitman/Bill Murray/Dan Aykroyd movies. The quartet (working together or not) mostly have interesting ideas how to amuse people and make them laugh, but they often fail to make us care for the characters involved.
For those of you from other planets, the plot involves a conceited weatherman (Murray) stuck in time on the worst day of his life. So he has to live the day again and again (see the title) until... Well, you know. Not even death can stop his misery. Andie MacDowell is lovely as a producer/love interest and all other performances are funny beyond words. The funniest, of course, is Bill Murray himself.
This is much better than "Multiplicity" (Harold Ramis directed this after Groundhog Day with Andie reprising her role, and Michael Keaton replacing Murray), and funnier than "12:01" (a TV movie with a similar premise, also very good - check it out!).
I hope there will be many deleted scenes or outtakes in the special features part of DVD, because I think they had so much fun making this movie...

groundhog day

No comments:

Post a Comment