It's Groundhog Day....again...

Rating: Null/10 (2 February 2000)

"Groundhog Day" is loosely patterned after Dicken's "A Christmas Carol", with the Groundhog as the ghost of Groundhog day present. Bill Murray is much more successful in this movie than he was in "Scrooged", which was also a Dicken's spin-off. It's nice to see Mr. Bill do something thoughtful for a change... Of course, the real brains behind this movie is Harold Ramis, who wrote, produced, and directed "Groundhog Day". Ramis doesn't write a lot of movie scripts (just thirteen), but he has cranked out some of the most original comedies in the past twenty years, including "Animal House" and "Ghostbusters" (which also starred Bill Murray). "Groundhog Day" is up there with his best...