When One Lifetime Isn't Enough
If the best movies are about character change, then Groundhog Day is a classic. Meteorologist Phil Connors goes to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to cover the annual Groundhog Day celebration and finds himself stuck in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over again. The self-centered character finds himself a changed man, which is what finally breaks the loop. Lessons From the Screenplay looks at Groundhog Day and the way the premise of the film becomes one of the best drivers of character change in cinema.
