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Groundhog Day | 1993 | PG | - 2.3.3

content-ratingsBill Murray stars as a jaded, selfish TV weatherman, who finds himself in a time loop: he’s forced to repeat the same day over and over, while reporting on Groundhog Day festivities. Also with Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliot and Stephen Tobolowsky. Directed by Harold Ramis. [Running Time: 1:43]

SEX/NUDITY 2 - A clothed man and a woman on a sofa kiss passionately, she sits on his lap and asks if this is a one-night stand and they continue kissing (sex is implied). A man and a woman kiss passionately in her room until she stops and tells him they are going too fast. A man and a woman lie in bed (both are clothed) and kiss (it's not clear if sex occurs). A man and a woman lie in bed together (both are clothed) and he tells her that he won't touch her.
 A man jokingly asks a woman to help him with his "pelvic tilt." A man asks a woman how she slept without him and when she answers, "You're incredible," he asks, "Who told you?" A man makes a reference to reading a pornographic magazine. A man describes having sex with a woman, "Like sea otters." We hear a news report about a story that will cover sex and violence in the movies (we do not see anything). A man tries to seduce a woman by convincing her that they went to school together. A man makes a sexual allusion to what one might do with a stolen groundhog. A woman asks a man why he wasn't as physical the previous night (he apparently fell asleep). A man acts flirtatiously toward another man, who then runs away.
 A woman wears a short dress on a date (it's a French maid costume) that reveals cleavage and legs to the upper thighs. A woman wears tops and dresses that reveal cleavage in a couple of scenes.

VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man tries to kill himself, unsuccessfully on several occasions: He drives a stolen truck, slams into a fence and speeds over a ravine crashing into a quarry and we see the truck fall and explode when it hits the ground below (we see the man unharmed later), he then drops a toaster into a bathtub filled with water to electrocute himself (we see him unharmed later), he steps in front of a truck and is struck (we see him unharmed later) and jumps off a building (we see him unharmed later).
 A man punches another man in the face. A woman slaps a man in the face repeatedly in different settings. A man walking on a sidewalk grabs another man by the lapels and shoves him against a wall. A man pushes another man when he walks toward him. A man is struck in the head with a snow shovel, accidentally.
 A man drives his car on railroad tracks and veers off when a train approaches. A man drives a car erratically and crashes into a mailbox, speeds away from a police car chasing him, and runs into a row of newspaper cases. A man drives into a few parked cars after crashing into a sign.
 A man punches and throws an alarm clock repeatedly when it wakes him up.

LANGUAGE 3 - 1 mild scatological term, 1 mild anatomical term, 2 mild obscenities, name-calling (morons, needlehead, doozy, hicks, pork chop, sucker, jerk, rat, pervert, little brat), exclamations (heck-fire, hoot, bing, out of his gourd, nuts), 3 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Oh God).

SUBSTANCE USE - A man orders a drink at a bar, a man and a woman order drinks, people are seen drinking at a bar and drinking beer and doing shots, a woman asks a man if he's drunk, two men become inebriated, and there are references to drinking and alcoholism.

DISCUSSION TOPICS - Personal improvement, progress, despair, suicide, empathy, self-centeredness, introspection.

MESSAGE - Every day is filled with untapped potential.

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We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and older reviews are not as complete & accurate as recent ones; we plan to revisit and correct older reviews as resources and time permits.

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