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Reviews - Groundhog Day |
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Groundhog
Day
(Special
Edition)
(Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment)
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| DVD
Release Date:
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January
29, 2002
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Length:
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101 mins.
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| Rated:
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PG
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Widescreen (1.85:1)
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Languages:
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English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
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| Subtitles:
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English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai
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| Extras:
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Screen-Specific
Audio Commentary with Director Harold Ramis, "The Weight Of
Time" Featurette, Filmographies, Theatrical Trailers
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This has got to be the most
unconventional romantic comedy ever. Not only was the whole premise
original, but rooting for a character everyone loathed throughout the
movie was quite uncommon. Of course, star Bill Murray pulled this off
and kept us chuckling along the way. That said, Murray was the
standout here. There wasn't much difference between this and other
characters he's done to date. Therefore, your enjoyment of this film
will be strongly dictated by your gusto for him. There also wasn't
that much romance in this movie, since most of the time was spent
setting up the hilarious situation, and then running with it.
Not much 'special' about this edition. All we really got was a pretty
decent interview-filled featurette. More minor bonuses included a
filmography section and trailers for this and two other romantic
comedies. Two listed features, a DTS soundtrack and production notes,
were not to be found. A commentary track from director Harold Ramis
contained little of interest since for the most part, he provided
silence.
The laughs were solid, but didn't really measure up in variety to
today's laugh-fests. However, there was still a fun time to be had.
| The Movie: |
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7/10 |
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1/10 |
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| Recommendation: |
Rent
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