Harold Ramis (“Caddyshack”, “Ghostbusters”) directs and makes a small appearance in this intriguing film about time travel. “Groundhog Day” has a lot of laughs, thought-provoking moments and even times of emotional involvement.

In “Groundhog Day”, Bill Murray (“Stripes”, “Ghostbusters”) stars as the self-indulgent weatherman Phil. On Groundhog Day (a real-life event) Phil goes to report on the groundhog, which is also named Phil and his prediction about what time spring will come. However Murray’s Phil finds himself living the same day over and over again. At first it’s fun as Phil can do whatever and there are no consequences. He sets it up so each time he gets better on a date and gets to see his new favourite movie endless times but after a while Phil goes a little crazy (wouldn’t you?) and tries to kill himself with little success. How can Phil escape?

Bill Murray is fantastic as the sarcastic weatherman Phil. He starts off as a real jerk but as the film goes on you sympathize with him and you see the goodness in him. Andie MacDowell (“Four Weddings and a Funeral”) is Phil’s producer Rita. Phil develops a crush on her and tries dozens of times to chat her up and despite getting further each time seems to screw-up still. She is alright I have to say but Murray’s performance is just completely blows away anything she does.

“Groundhog Day” is a grand movie for a few reasons: the performance by Bill Murray is great, the humour is very good, the premise is intriguing and it manages to utilize that premise to make itself even more intriguing and enjoyable. I think personally that this is better than the other Murray/Ramis pictures “Ghostbusters” so if you’ve seen that film and you think you enjoyed yourself, then why not check out this picture as well?