A strangely addictive movie to watch!

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2014)

When I first saw this film on the website here and read the plot summary, I couldn't believe a movie about a weather man living the same day over and over again could have such high ratings. Well, after watching it, I can see why! Groundhog Day is somewhat like Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol; it begins with Phil, a cynical, pessimistic, arrogant weatherman, and ends with a cheerful guy who has learned what matters most in life. How the hell did he change?
Well, poor Phil somehow finds himself trapped reliving the same day, February 22nd, over and over again. There's no escaping it; he's stuck in the boring little town of Gobbler's Nob with a lot of eccentric people and the two colleagues he doesn't seem to care for very much. As time goes by, it sees as if he's lost his sanity, especially when he begins breaking the law for cheap thrills and committing suicide (he just wakes up unharmed), but he begins to fall for his co-worker Rita, someone he's always seen as sort of a ditz, as he learns that she's actually a very smart and interesting person. He also tries to be a better person and begins to care more about the lives of others, something very unusual for him.
It's hard to explain this movie and how it's so effective, you have to see it for yourself to be honest with you. All I can say otherwise is that I really liked it; the soundtrack is great, the acting is great and the plot is comedic and original.