Bill Murray is an algorithm!

Rating: Null/10 (29 October 2011)

"In mathematics an algorithm is an effective method expressed as a finite list of well-defined instructions for calculating a function.[...] In simple words an algorithm is a step-by-step procedure for calculations." That is the definition of an algorithm, and Bill fills the bill for what acting is! Step-by-step procedure of calculations, considering a state of repetition? This is a unique performance, and it seems so effortless! I wish I could say the same for McDowell. She seems a bit less of a worthy amorous object in the film, she has that watermarked quality that here stands for evanescence. I do not know if this works in "Groundhog Day".
It is also that the scenario, now that I have watched the film for the third time - not enough! - as the film progresses, to call it that, has some kind of Reader's Digest sense of what repetition is when one takes into account the clichés that seem not so effortless, or organic, as it goes on towards the end. It is as though the conclusion as it moves along has some feel-good undercurrent that comes precipitated in a way; some have talked about the crudity of the direction. Yes, I can sense that. But it would be that one wants a certain sense of subtlety which would mean another film. And I do not want another film! I do not even want another sense of repetition! I got you babe!