Groundhog Day

(Note: This review refers to the Blu-ray version of the DVD.)

Smug, self-centered weatherman Bill Murray is doomed to relive the same day over and over and over again, a private hell he tries to escape by embracing immortality with a vengeance. Director/co-writer Harold Ramis takes a clever idea, pushes it to the ultimate madness, and emerges on the other side with a rare comedy that is both hilarious and heartfelt, an almost spiritual story of rebirth refreshingly free of preachy moralizing and mawkish sentimentality. Along with director commentary, deleted scenes and featurettes is the Blu-ray exclusive "Needle Nose Ned's Picture-in-Picture Track," essentially a video trivia track with co-star Stephen Tobolowsky. Bing!