1993 - Rated PG - 1 hr 41 min
Director: Harold Ramis
Starring: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty
If you had to live one day over and over, with no consequences, what would you do? To answer your question, Bill Murray tries everything. He starts off in denial, then embraces it and breaks the law, then tries to use the time to make something right in the world, then woos the woman of his dreams. How can he make an eternal February 2 turn into February 3?
Check with Andie MacDowell.
I love this movie so much and always have. It's such a clever premise and so expertly executed. And they don't waste time trying to explain why this happens to him, which makes it better. Sometimes stuff happens and we don't know why. This is an extreme example, but hey. My point remains. Bill Murray accepts his unusual fate with gusto, and doesn't waste too much time trying to figure it out. It sucks, but it's his lot in life, so he deals with it the best way he can. Buy nailing Nancy, punching Ned, and learning to play piano. Do what you gotta do, you know?
And he even gets his own happy ending, when all is said and done.
I consider this to be one of those rare perfect movies. Not saying it's the best movie ever made, just that there is nothing you could change about it that would improve it. It's a good as the idea can be, and I love it.
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