A funny and charming flick

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2004)

I just love this movie. It is Bill Murray's best. Our family watches it every year on Groundhog Day. It's a tradition.
The movie stars Bill Murray as an egocentric weatherman who wakes up in Punxatauny, PA, where he is reporting on the annual Groundhog Day celebration, over and over again. Although he wakes up at 6:00 AM on Feb. 2 just over 30 times in the movie, it is understood from the plot that he actually goes through hundreds, if not thousands, of iterations.
He learns how to play the piano, how to ice sculpt, and how to pick up women with reckless abandon. But, finally, he learns something much more important.
During his plight of reliving Groundhog Day, he commits suicide by every means known to man. But he keeps waking up on that same morning again and again.
Andie McDowell is beautiful. Her character makes a great love interest for Murray's.
I highly recommend this movie. It's funny, at times touching, and well-acted. I gave it a 10.