One of the best movies ever made

Rating: Null/10 (6 April 2002)

Yes it's true, this is no mere star vehicle for Bill Murray. It's a truly ingenius, inventive, funny, and touching comedy-fantasy. There is so much to love. Director/co-writer places brilliant touches throughout, particularly in never explaining what causes Phil's time-warp. It doesn't even really seem to have a purpose at all and the way Phil eventually manipulates his situation and then comes to use it to better himself is so wonderful and organic that it makes this movie practically the best "feel-good" movie since the days of Frank Capra. And it doesn't even seem sappy!!! Plus there is no shortage of humor- Bill Murray is at the top of his game and Andie MacDowell makes an ideal romantic companion. Even Chris Elliot (who has been terrible in movies lately) seems funny.
This movie is a modern classic and its stature and memory will outlive that of movies like "A Beautiful Mind" or "American Beauty" (two movies you should avoid at all costs). Among films made in the 1990s, this easily ranks in the top ten and surely among the top 100 of all time. A must see.