Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Groundhog Day

What will you do , if you are trapped in single day of your life. Your every tomorrow is like today , on
and on . Every moment , each event occurs again & again.

Initially you will try to use the opportunity to your advantage . But eventually you will get bored with the
trapped life without meaning . Then you will try to end your life but cannot able to do it. And may be
then you will realise to do something good , show generosity to starngers , to let the feeling of love
catch hold of you.

This is a story of the movie Groundhog day starring Bill Murray, Andie Macdowell.

The character Phil Connors (Bill Murray)  gets trapped in same day occuring again & again , in a small
town. His memories of the "previous" day intact , he starts to manipulate life of others . Even he tries to
seduce  Rita (Andie Macdowell) , prodcuer of the tv show . However he fails miserably getting slapped everytime in the process.
Eventually he succeeds in explaining his unique situation to Rita. And on her advice , he starts to take a
positive look at life , learning new things like playing piano , helping strangers in the way. At the end Rita
falls in love with Phil and the next morning when Phil wakes up it is not same day anymore. He exclaims
'today is tomorrow'

Released back in 1993 , this is one of the cleverest movie I have seen . Showing the same day again and again , but keeping the audiences' attention is a difficult task. But the director Harlod Ramis was able to achieve the same by successfully throwing up new developments and delightful twists at every opportunity


It is a beautiful imaginative movie , worth watching anytime

1 comment:

  1. I have seen many positive reviews for this movie from my friends, including your review.. good review by the way.. let me watch this and post my views..

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