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Groundhog Day

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UK Release Date: 7 May 1993 Certification: PG Director: Harold Ramis Cast: Chris Elliot, Marita Geraghty, Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky Rating: 70% "Okay, campers, rise and shine." Review: Imagine living the same day over and over again. Well, that is the plot of  the 1990's classic rom-com, Groundhog Day. The main reason Groundhog Day works so well is plain and simple - Bill Murray. He plays weatherman, Phil Connors, who is sent to cover a story in  Punxsutawney to see if Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog, predicts a six more weeks of Winter. To Phil Connors this assignment is beneath his talent and is extremely boring, and as a result he is disinterested, bad-tempered and mean to everyone. But he wakes up the following day to find out he is reliving Groundhog Day again and again. The ever watchable Bill Murray is selfish, self-centred and despicable in the role of Phil, yet somehow still engaging. Reliving the same da