I loved this movie!!!!! well it got a little crazy tourds the end but besides that it has a great lesson in it that you have to find out for yourself
Groundhog Day
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A witty, sarcastic take on redemption.
Themes in this movie include: dating/crushes, honesty
updated 10.26.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Groundhog Day was written by Randy White
Parents need to know that this lighthearted comedy also deals with depression, and Phil undertakes a series of suicide attempts. Phil also womanizes. Phil learns to be a better person by the end of the movie.
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What’s the Story?
Cranky TV broadcaster Phil (Bill Murray) and his crew are sent to tiny Punxsutawney, Penn., to capture the "thrills" of its annual Groundhog Day celebration. A snowstorm strands them there overnight, and when he wakes up the next morning, Phil soon realizes that something strange is going on: It's Groundhog Day again. As bitter-pill Phil repeatedly relives the tedium of the same day over and over again, he gradually learns to treat people decently. He also falls for producer Rita (Andie MacDowell), working every angle to figure out how to seduce her. Each defeat means a little more information -- and gets him a little closer to winning her over the next time around.
Is It Any Good?
Bill Murray shines in this good-natured comedy that delivers lots of laughs and some honest sentiment. Funny and uncommonly sweet, GROUNDHOG DAY has just the right blend of comedy and romance. Bill Murray is hilarious in his usual role as the detached wiseacre. Remarkably, the movie manages the almost impossible task of making us care about this sarcastic man.
The story is simple but clever, and uses repetition to great effect. Director Harold Ramis also uses sound and music to great comic effect. Phil wakes up every morning at 6 a.m. to the ironically cheery Sonny and Cher song "I Got You Babe."
Movie Details
Studio: Columbia Tristar, Director: Harold Ramis
Run time: 101 minutes
Theatrical release: 2/12/1993, DVD release: 1/20/1998
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic elements.
Run time: 101 minutes
Theatrical release: 2/12/1993, DVD release: 1/20/1998
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic elements.
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
Awesome!
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I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
A Moving and Funny Movie...
This is a great movie. It is well-written, well-acted, and very positive and moving. It boasts positive messages about love and redemption, to boot. Sex is really the only issue in the movie (outside of some mild, comic suicide attempts by Murray's character). He seduces women, and manipulates one woman for sex with knowledge from her past. You see them tumbling and kissing passionately on the bed in one scene, but nothing explicit is shown. Also, some men are seen to be drunk.
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
i want a see this
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I rate this title pause for age 7 and give it
good for 8 yrs
Why the heck is it rated PG-13!??? 7 yrs and up could watch this.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
wtf????
ive rented this movie many times and it is pg!!!! its a really good movie
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
good
i jsut recently saw this for the first time and i loved it, i think it should be rated pg! sure he does seduce women, and says he loves them when he doesn't mean it and only wants a one night stand, but its nothing you won't see in most movies, and he learns to care about other people. i thought it was great.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Bill Murray is so hilarious!
This is Bill Muray at his best. He portrays a mental patient that Richard Dryfus is treating and who cant seem to get him away from him. Richard Dryfus goes on vacation and Bill Murray follows him and hilarious things happen! Just watch Groundhog Day and find out!
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
Great!
A great movie you should see and let your kids see. Period.
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