Oh, that Harold Ramis does it again!
Does it seem like I've written something like that before?
Well perfect, because that makes even more sense when you consider today's movie, Groundhog Day.
Harold Ramis co-wrote it, and he directed it.
This will be Ramis' last visit on the countdown, but I would like to give a shout-out to Analyze This, a movie that could have, and possibly should have made the countdown. Also, National Lampoon's Vacation, which originally made the countdown, and then was a last minute scratch when I decided that no franchise could hit the countdown more than once. Silly rules...
Trust me, every day that I post a new review, I find at least 4 or 5 movies that should have knocked Star Wars off this list.
I am not proud of that fact...
: /
As usual for many of the movies that Ramis wrote or directed, Bill Murray stars in it.
This also happens to be one of Bill Murray's best movies.
If you've never seen it, here's a quick synopsis:
Phil is a callous weatherman sent to cover the Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney PA. They get snowed in, and have to spend the night there.
When Phil wakes up the next morning... it's Groundhog Day.
Again.
Everything happens exactly as it did the day before...and Phil is the only one that notices.
Can Phil break the Deja Vu that he constantly relives every day? Or is he doomed to spend his entire existence celebrating a quirky non-holiday?
Along for the ride is his producer, Andie MacDowell. Eventually Phil will pull out all the stops to try and win her love, at least for the night, because no matter what he does, at the end of the day, the giant reset button starts him all over again.
If you haven't seen it, it is available for streaming from Netflix as of this writing.
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