A Timeless Fable

Rating: Null/10 (27 July 2004)

I finally saw this movie years after it came out, and was blown away.
--SPOILER AHEAD-- It hit me that it was in a sense a re-doing of "Beauty and the Beast". In that story, the Beast could not be transformed until he had truly won the love of the girl. Here, Bill Murray could not get out of the endless loop until he won the love of the girl.
The movie sort of felt like a fable, as day piled upon endless day. I also thought it did a good job of taking Murray through the various stages: Denial; anger; trying to take advantage of the situation; and finally acceptance and grace in dealing with his situation.
IMHO even though this movie is generally well-regarded, I think it is under-appreciated. I think it is a very well-done version of a timeless fable.