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Groundhog Day (1993)

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This movie is, for me, one of three owned by Bill Murray (the other two being Ghostbusters  (1984) and Lost In Translation (2003)). In any of those movies, by projecting a great deal of sarcasm and/or cynicism onto the characters he portrays, making them people you love to hate, he effortlessly manages to steal every single scene he appears in. Too bad that, in this one, some of his supporting cast (I'm looking at you, Andie MacDowell ) is not nearly as good... Here  Bill Murray  is Phil, an egocentric weather man going for the fourth consecutive year to the small town of Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day, something he deeply despises. There, due to a cosmic prank, he sees himself reliving that day over and over again, with only him being aware of the fact. In other words, his figuratively not having a tomorrow as a human being had become a literal curse. At first he's desperate, naturally; after a while, he starts to enjoy being able to act without thinkin...