Groundhog Day (1993)
95%RT Audience Score: 88%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 BAFTA Award
7 wins & 17 nominations total
Smart, sweet, and inventive, Groundhog Day highlights Murray’s dramatic gifts while still leaving plenty of room for laughs.
Groundhog Day is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get…except for the fact that you’re going to get the same thing over and over again. Bill Murray’s performance is the cherry on top of this hilarious and heartwarming rom-com that teaches us all a lesson about the importance of personal growth and kindness. Plus, who doesn’t love a good time loop? It’s like living the same day over and over again, but without the existential dread.
Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures,
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
344 Fremont St, Woodstock, Illinois, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for some thematic elements
Year of Release
1993
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Stereo Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 36m
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Language(s):English, French, Italian
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 12, 1993 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 17, 2006
Genre(s)
Romance
Keyword(s)
starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty, directed by Harold Ramis, written by Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis, genre: romance, box office performance: $162.6K, budget: unknown, reviewed by Tasha Robinson, Stanley Kauffmann, Anthony Lane, Duane Byrge, Kenneth Turan, Steven Rea, Betsy Bozdech, Jim Rohner, Sarah Brinks, Mike Massie, Leigh Paatsch, Richard Propes, MPAA rating: PG, produced by Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis
Worldwide gross: $71,108,591
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $147,710,689
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 839
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 16,108,036
US/Canada gross: $71,107,962
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $147,709,383
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 524
US/Canada opening weekend: $12,517,672
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $26,002,399
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 527
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $14,600,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $30,327,926
Production budget ranking: 1,153
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $16,331,588
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $101,051,176
ROI to date (est.): 217%
ROI ranking: 602
Andie MacDowell – Rita
Chris Elliott – Larry
Stephen Tobolowsky – Ned Ryerson
Brian Doyle-Murray – Buster Green
Marita Geraghty – Nancy
Director(s)
Harold Ramis
Writer(s)
Danny Rubin, Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis
Producer(s)
Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 BAFTA Award
7 wins & 17 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (86) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (83) | Rotten (3)
Re-watching Groundhog Day yet again was pretty enlightening, actually!
August 4, 2020
Tasha Robinson
Polygon
TOP CRITIC
Murray, more often than not, is pretty unbearable; but here, playing a man who is unbearable, Murray begins convincingly, amusingly, and gets even more amusing as he metamorphoses.
January 5, 2018
Stanley Kauffmann
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
Harold Ramis’s direction is nothing special, yet there is a beautiful, lip-smacking efficiency in the way that a great idea is touched off and followed to its conclusion.
January 4, 2018
Anthony Lane
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
While Murray’s deadpan putdowns and dry dismissals of provincial peccadilloes are the comic highlights, Groundhog Day is no supercilious rip of small-town U.S.A.
February 2, 2015
Duane Byrge
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
Groundhog Day may not be the funniest collaboration between Bill Murray and director Harold Ramis… Yet this gentle, small-scale effort is easily the most endearing film of both men’s careers, a sweet and amusing surprise package.
May 6, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
Murray hasn’t made a comedy this winningly dumb and smart and — yes — sweet in a long time. If, indeed, he ever has.
May 6, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
TOP CRITIC
Groundhog Day is more than simply a great comedy – it’s a modern metaphor for the path to enlightenment.
January 15, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Betsy Bozdech
DVDJournal.com
I find it a masterpiece of comedic timing that ultimately starts with the deceptively brilliant script from Danny Rubin.
April 14, 2021
Jim Rohner
Battleship Pretension
On top of the time travel elements, Groundhog Day is also a hilarious comedy and beautiful romance. While we get to know Phil throughout the film, you also get to know Rita and what a complex person she is…
April 1, 2021
Sarah Brinks
Battleship Pretension
One of those rare cinematic occasions when extreme repetition only gets funnier.
September 14, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
The movie would be nothing without Murray’s superb performance… Keep an eye on how his character develops in depth and self-awareness as he desperately looks for a way out of the rut.
September 11, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
A great comedy with a solid message that doesn’t hinder the delivery of the comedy.
September 9, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com…
Plot
A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting “rat” (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the ‘following’ day, he discovers that it’s Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing every day.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Bill Murray delivers “comic perfection” in Groundhog Day, according to one audience review.
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