Groundhog Day (1993) – Rewatch

Every year I watch the journey of smarmy weatherman Bill Murray’s path to enlightenment while providing coverage for the annual Groundhog Festival in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. It’s a role that Murray perfectly encapsulates at perhaps the height of his career. I’m not generally a fan of Andie MacDowell, but even as a love interest, she mostly gets out of the way of Bill’s journey. The rest of the wonderful cast just supports the process. The settings are perfectly captured from the downtown area to the bed and breakfast to the recreation of Gobbler’s Knob. Each year I find new questions to ask myself about the timeline and the changes Murray experiences and the choices he makes.