Have you ever experienced déjà vu? We all feel the times when life just seems to be one day flowing in and out at the other. And we catch ourselves on the thought: Is it happening to us over and over again? It is like a Groundhog Day indeed! –we can say . One of the most favorite comedy movies of all time, “ Groundhog Day” was released February 12 th in 1993 and had and still has great success among the viewers because of collaborative work of the director Harold Ramis, the screenwriter Danny Rubin, and, of course, brilliant play of the actors Bill Murray who meant to be for the role of cynic Phil, Andie MacDowel, and others. “Groundhog Day” didn’t receive any major awards, but now it is regarded as a modern classic comedy. The American Film Institute placed it on their list of the best comedies and the best fantasy films, and in 2006 it was added to The National Film Registery as being culturally, historically and aesthetically significant. In 1994 “Goroundhog Day” won BAFTA award for the best screenplay (Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis). Comedy won British Comedy Award in 1993 as the best comedy film. The movie is brilliant because it is both comedy and moral philosophy. According to Johan Goldberg, the author of the article “ A movie of all time” , countless number of professors use the movie to teach ethics and host of philosophical approaches, dozens of Christians of all denominations claim that it was one of their most cherished movies. Also, the movie is number 32 on Bravo’s “100 Funniest Movies”. But what it make so comical to audience? The humor in this movie always arises out of the main character Phil, who is cynical, ironic, absurd in the beginning. The two clips that had been presented to the audience show two comic elements, such as repetition factor and comic exaggeration that make the movie funny, interesting and simply and enjoyable to watch. Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray), a cynical, grumpy weatherman goes to Puxatawney, Pennsylvania for the “Puxatawney Phil event”, commonly recognized as Groundhog Day. Every year Phil and the crew go there to cover the festival. The only problem about going to this event every year for Phil is that he hates it. He hates the cheery people. The little town. The weather. The event. The story. Everything. He hates it. He is a lonely, desolate, forsaken soul, with a great cynical side. Due to severe weather they have to stay in Puxatawney until the storm calms down. When Phil wakes the next morning, he discovers that the day is the exact same day as before. It is Groundhog Day again! Seems he stuck in the time loop. Whatever he does- suicide , committing the crime, he invariable wakes up at 6 am the next morning with annoying music blaring from his radio alarm. The first clip represents repetition factor as the most funny, memorable moment in all film. Despite the repetition of this never-ending day, it surprisingly never becomes boring. Although the situations may be.

1. Have you ever experienced déjà vu? We all feel the times when
life just seems to be one day flowing in and out at the other.
And we catch ourselves on the thought: Is it happening to us
over and over again?
It is like a
Groundhog Day
indeed! –we can say .
One of the most favorite comedy movies of all time, “
Groundhog Day”
was released February 12
th
in 1993 and had and still has great success among the viewers
because
of collaborative work of the director Harold Ramis, the
screenwriter Danny Rubin, and, of course, brilliant play of the
actors Bill Murray
who meant to be for the role of cynic Phil, Andie MacDowel,
and others.
“Groundhog Day”
didn’t receive any major awards, but now it is regarded as a
modern classic comedy. The American Film Institute placed it
on their list of the best comedies and the best fantasy films, and
in 2006 it was added to The National Film Registery as being
culturally, historically and aesthetically significant.
In 1994
“Goroundhog Day”
won BAFTA award for the best screenplay (Danny Rubin and
Harold Ramis).

2. Comedy won British Comedy Award in 1993 as the best comedy
film. The movie is brilliant because it is both comedy and moral
philosophy. According to Johan Goldberg, the author of the
article “
A movie of all time”
, countless number of professors use the movie to teach ethics
and host of philosophical approaches, dozens of Christians of
all denominations claim that it was one of their most cherished
movies. Also, the movie is number 32 on Bravo’s “100 Funniest
Movies”. But what it make so comical to audience? The humor
in this movie always arises out of the main character Phil, who
is cynical, ironic, absurd in the beginning.
The two clips that had been presented to the audience show two
comic elements, such as repetition factor and comic
exaggeration that make the movie funny, interesting and simply
and enjoyable to watch.
Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray), a cynical, grumpy
weatherman goes to
Puxatawney, Pennsylvania for the “Puxatawney Phil event”,
commonly recognized as Groundhog Day.
Every year Phil and the crew go there to cover the festival.
The only problem about going to this event every year for Phil
is that he hates it. He hates the cheery people. The little town.
The weather. The event. The story. Everything. He hates it. He
is a lonely, desolate, forsaken soul, with a great cynical side.
Due to severe weather they have to stay in Puxatawney until the
storm calms down. When Phil wakes the next morning, he
discovers that the day is the exact same day as before. It is
Groundhog Day again! Seems he stuck in the time loop.
Whatever he does- suicide , committing the crime, he invariable
wakes up at 6 am the next morning with annoying music blaring
from his radio alarm.
The first clip represents repetition factor as the most funny,
memorable moment in all film. Despite the repetition of this

3. never-ending day, it surprisingly never becomes boring.
Although the situations may be the same, but Phil’s reactions
are priceless, and he experiments in a variety of different ways.
The scene is presented where Phil has different ways of
destroying the clock radio, from knocking it off the table, to
hurling it to the floor. That's understandable if you have to
wake up to "I Got You Babe" every single morning. It seems
everyone who has been watched the movie could feel his
angriness, desperate when he wakes up at 6 am.
But at the same time it is very funny to watch because we see
ourselves in this scene. It is simply human nature presented
here. People are laughing at themselves in this scene. Phil
wakes up and realizes it is the Groundhog Day again, we wake
up and realize that we need to do what we have to do and feel
like the “Groundhog Day”. Phil hates the sound of alarm, the
song “I got you babe”, because it symbolize that he stuck in that
day for one more day. We don’t like to hear the alarm sound
too. Phil is so eager to break that alarm clock, so do people
sometimes…
The second clip is the scene “I am a God” where Phil after
going through all stages of depression, acceptance, desperation
is deciding to confess that he is immortal God. This is the most
hilarious scene in the film, because it represent comic
exaggeration element. Phil says, “I am a God”, not THE God. I
have been stabbed, shot, poisoned, frozen, hung, electrocuted
and burned…I am immortal”.
In my opinion, Bill Murray is the only one who could play the
role of Phil in such a humorous way. With miraculous insight,
he exploits the introspective, narcissistic humor of the scene.
The scene is very funny on the surface, but it also contains a
philosophical depth underneath.
“Groundhog day” is a romantic comedy, fantasy and drama that

4. anyone can relate to. What is wonderful about this film is the
way it explores every possible angle to Phil's situation and
covers such a wide spectrum of emotion that every human being
has, including us.
The film contains the message for the audience as a path of true
happiness.