A personal journey

Rating: Null/10 (11 June 2004)

Trapped in time, ground hog day, playing around with opportunity, those are side things in this movie.
What really counts here is the journey of Bill Murray's character, Phil, comically having the same name as the weather knowing rodent because of his importance to others in the beginning of the movie.
The journey turns him from a man doing things to help himself into doing good deeds to help others.
Especially touching is when he tries to help the old man escape his destiny.
Only real downside here is the poor acting and characterizing of the other characters. MacDowell especially puts in a poor effort due to bad directing. The story does not show enough of the other characters. Otherwise a very good flick, which I didn't except when zapping around the channels.