# I'm watching Groundhog's Day again and not finding a thread. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886 "2004-03-06T20:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/21 "2004-03-06T23:57:43Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > An absolutely unscientific comment about this movie, but I’ve found that in general guys tend to love it…and women tend to remain indifferent. > > Anyone else notice something similar? Count me in as another woman who loves this movie. I think it’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/22 "2004-03-07T03:12:28Z")
I just watched the movie for the first time - I’m not a big Bill Murray fan, I guess - and while it was enjoyable and expertly done, it was also so thoroughly manipulative that it wound up turning me off. My wife hasn’t seen it, so I don’t have a data point for her. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/23 "2004-03-07T06:52:40Z")
Search ain’t working for me. There was a thread in which posters discussed exactly how many days Bill Murry actually lived through. Can anyone else find it? Does anybody really know how many days Bill lived through and I know he had to redeem himself somehow in order to break the cycle, but what were the exact criteria? ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/24 "2004-03-07T07:23:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Can anyone else find it? Does anybody really know how many days Bill lived through and I know he had to redeem himself somehow in order to break the cycle, but what were the exact criteria? Well doing this blind (I haven’t heard the commentary and haven’t watched it in awhile) he had to help the towns people just because he could (proving he wasn’t doing it for any sort of a reward just to be nice) he had to grow up a little (realize death was part of life) and he had to impress the girl in a non-manipulative way (ie not tell her about all his special knowledge and have her come to him) ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/25 "2004-03-07T07:56:24Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > There was a thread in which posters discussed exactly how many days Bill Murry actually lived through. It’s the thread **Fern Forest** linked to (in an incorrect way). [Fixed link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=3579072) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/26 "2004-03-07T08:40:26Z")
Heh, heh, heh. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/27 "2004-03-07T14:59:55Z")
Murray’s performance in this is startlingly good. Is he better in _Lost in Translation_ or is this a case of people not understanding that comedy is not just pie-throwing? ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/28 "2004-03-07T15:14:47Z")
I’ve seen it described as a “man’s movie” before as well. My wife doesn’t really care for it. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886/29 "2004-03-07T17:47:24Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > I’ve seen it described as a “man’s movie” before as well. My wife doesn’t really care for it. Really? I’m very surprised by that. Can you expand on that a little? What do they mean by a “man’s movie”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-groundhogs-day-again-and-not-finding-a-thread/232886.md?page=1)