Nirvana

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2003)

I have a feeling I'm going to regret this...
I work with a guy who insists that Groundhog Day is nothing more than a (bad) Saturday Night Live one-joke movie that goes on for two hours.
I, on the other hand, view it not as a comedy, not as a romance, but as a deeply spiritual experience.
Imagine if you will, a selfish, angry life and you die, and you're reincarnated not into a different life, but into the same life. I see each groundhog day as another incarnation - until Phil Connors re-evaluates his existence, not only in helping others, but also in self-improvement, (learn a language, an instrument.) It's only then, that after what could have been an eternity in his "own private hell" that Phil was able to move on to the next level of existence - in this case, February 3rd and a future with Andie.
My closed minded coworker insists that I'm reading entirely too much into this movie. Perhaps I am but I like to think not.
Peace, Jack