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Groundhog Day

(1993, Rated PG-13, Comedy, Starring Chris Elliott, Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 9, age appropriate for kids over 11; suggested age 11.
  • Is it any good?

    5.0
  • Common Sense says

    A witty, sarcastic take on redemption.

Themes in this movie include:   dating/crushes, honesty
updated 10.26.09

Why We Rated This on for Ages 11 and Up

The good stuff

  • Messages:

    Phil has a big lesson to learn about what it will takes to make it to February 3 -- and get the girl. Through lots of trial and error -- including putting others' lives in danger and trying to end his own -- he figures out that being a good person, caring for and helping others, is the key to breaking the spell.
 

What to watch out for

  • Violence:

    Phil attempts suicide in a number of ways -- electrocution, jumping off buildings, and diving off a cliff in a truck. He keeps coming back to the same day, though. Sad death of a homeless man that Phil tries to revive more than once and takes to the hospital.
  • Sex:

    Bill Murray's character seduces women, with plenty of pick-up lines and kissing on the couch and (clothed) in bed shown. A joke about how someone sounds when she gets "really excited."
  • Language:

    Very mild.
  • Consumerism:

    Not an issue.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Phil smokes in a restaurant while gorging on donuts.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Groundhog Day

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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  1. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in Vermont
    I rate this title on for age 10 and give it 5.0

    Awesome!

    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

  2. Kid Reviewer Age 12
    Lives in Washington
    I rate this title on for age 6 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • Excessive violence

  3. I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 5.0
    My concerns are:
    • 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.

  4. Parent Reviewer
    Lives in Maryland
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 1.0

    i want a see this

  5. Kid Reviewer Age 11
    Lives in Florida
    I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give it 5.0

    good for 8 yrs

    Why the heck is it rated PG-13!??? 7 yrs and up could watch this.

  6. Teen Reviewer Age 14
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    wtf????

    ive rented this movie many times and it is pg!!!! its a really good movie

  7. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Minnesota
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 5.0

    Great!

    A great movie you should see and let your kids see. Period.

  8. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in North Carolina
    I rate this title on for age 8 and give it 5.0

    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!

  9. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in Pennsylvania
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 4.0

    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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