Groundhog Day

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Paul & Amy relive 1993's Bill Murray time loop comedy Groundhog Day! They learn about the tempestuous relationship between Murray and director Harold Ramis, read an excerpt from the original script, and compare the film to another magical realist classic, It's A Wonderful Life. Plus: Just how long was Phil stuck in that loop anyways? This is the third episode in our Couple Goals series; next week’s film is Groundhog Day...er, actually it's A Place In The Sun! Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also listen to our Stitcher Premium game show Screen Test right now at https://www.stitcher.com/show/unspooled-screen-test, and apply to be a contestant at [email protected]! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:30.0	I'm Amy Nicholson.
0:43.4	And I am Paul Sheer and this is the show where we are endeavoring to find the hundred
0:46.9	best films of all time.
0:48.4	We've already gone through the AFI top 100 list.
0:50.7	We are now working through films of the world in little mini series.
0:56.4	This mini series that we're in the middle of right now is called Couple Goals.
1:00.2	We have watched a few great films so far about couples, but we felt that we couldn't not
1:08.0	acknowledge the very special holiday that happens here in the beginning of February.
1:12.0	Amy, happy Groundhog Day episode.
1:15.8	Happy Groundhog Day episode to you.
1:18.7	I'm glad we're doing this because I think there's a beautiful couple at the center of this
1:22.3	movie and I can't wait to talk about them.
1:24.2	I'm glad that we and I are together babe.
1:26.4	We got this.
1:27.4	I love it.
1:28.4	And you know what?
1:29.4	I want to talk about two other movies that are in this film's orbit.
1:31.9	We're going to get into Groundhog Day a lot in just a couple of minutes.
1:35.1	But first of all, I think that you know, in this year, 2021, we have to acknowledge that
1:42.0	Palm Springs was a big hit that came out during COVID times and revolves around a similar
1:48.4	premise.
1:49.4	The way it revolves around a premise that this film was originally based in.
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