A good film, but...

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2019)

I'm just going to get straight to the point with my review and say that although Groundhog Day is a good film and while I understand that it has a cult following and a legacy e.c.t, there are a couple of major errors in this movie...
This film which features a groundhog and has the name included in the title goes to the extreme of killing off the poor innocent animal halfway through the movie, it is illogical considering that most of the movie characters including the supporting and minor characters practically worship the creature as well as worshipping the myth tradition which focuses ON the groundhog.
I realise that they had to keep the story moving, but that was a wrong move to make killing off the groundhog, there was no need for it.
As an animal lover, I try not to be too sensitive about animals in movies because obviously it's just a movie and obviously the little guy was not harmed, but I believe this was still a horrible move to make in this flick.
The other error in this movie is the love interest aspect....we see Bill Murray's character "Phil Connors" manipulate a couple of women and he uses his repeated time loop groundhog day to do it, the first woman - he just wants to sleep with, he then begins to be romantically interested in Andie MacDowell's character "Rita", that's fine, but the way he goes about it is just wrong and manipulative, as an Asexual I may not have experience in romantic relationships, but through knowledge I know that being ungenuine and sneaky is not the way to get someone to date you, "Phil" uses his time loop days and experience with "Rita" to find out what she likes and dislikes so that it looks like he has everything in common with her, it doesn't always go as planned even when he has a lot of information about her, but overall "Rita" ends up buying it which makes their relationship dishonest.
"Phil" uses his time loop to manipulate other situations to help people (example, the kid that fell out of the tree, helping those old ladies with their car, helping that old man when he was chocking, e.c.t.) fine, okay, positive things came out of those manipulations, but the love aspect situation/manipulation is somewhat negative.
Groundhog Day IS a good film and is still enjoyable, it is non-glamorous, I like that everyone just looks normal and the setting of Pennsylvania makes a change from New York or Los Angeles.
I like this flick, but I needed to mention both positive and negative features.