# I watched Happy Death Day today...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-happy-death-day-today/808085>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 3, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-happy-death-day-today/808085 "2018-02-03T03:45:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-happy-death-day-today/808085/1 "2018-02-03T03:45:02Z")

</div>

…and only at the very end did the irony of watching it on Groundhog’s Day occur to me. As for the movie, it wasn’t bad.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-happy-death-day-today/808085/2 "2018-02-03T05:18:24Z")

</div>

I liked it. You can only do _Groundhog Day_ so many ways, but they brought a little freshness to the trope. Especially with the practical joke at the end