Editing Groundhog Day (film) (section)

===Critical reassessment===
''Groundhog Day'' is considered one of the greatest films ever made.<ref name="Collider1993" /><ref name="NationalReview" /><ref name="RogerEbertGreat" /><ref name="Empire500" /><ref name="THRJun14" /> [[Rotten Tomatoes]] assesses a {{RT data|score}} approval rating from the aggregated reviews of {{RT data|count}} critics, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The consensus reads, "Smart, sweet, and inventive, ''Groundhog Day'' highlights Murray's dramatic gifts while still leaving plenty of room for laughs."<ref name="RottenTomatoes" /> The film has a score of 72 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."<ref name="Metacritic" />

In 2004, ''[[The New Yorker]]'' called it Ramis's masterpiece.<ref name="new yorker" /> In 2005, as part of his ''[[The Great Movies]]'' series, Ebert raised his original score for the film from three stars to a full four stars.<ref name="bigthink rubin" /> In this updated review, Ebert said that he had underestimated the film and noted that Murray's performance was essential to making the film work.<ref name="VultureRubin" /><ref name="RogerEbertGreat" /> That same year, [[Jonah Goldberg]] called it one of the best films of the previous 40 years, positioning it alongside ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' as one of America's most uplifting and timeless films.<ref name="NationalReview" /> In 2009, literary theorist [[Stanley Fish]] listed it as one of the ten best American films. He wrote, "The comedy and the philosophy (how shall one live?) do not sit side by side, but inhabit each other in a unity that is incredibly satisfying."<ref name="StanleyFish" /> It is listed in the 2013 film reference book ''[[1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die]]'', which says "...Bill Murray gives what may be the best and warmest performance of his career in this genius comedy—arguably the best of the 1990s{{nbsp}}..."{{sfn|Schneider|2013}} ''[[The Guardian]]'' attributes its lasting appeal to its use of a classic redemption arc like [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] in the 1843 novella ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', and its refusal to explain why the loop occurs, making it less like a typical mainstream film.<ref name="TheGuardianDirectors" />

In 2000, the [[American Film Institute]] (AFI) ranked ''Groundhog Day'' number 34 on its [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs|100 Years...100 Laughs]] list recognizing the best comedy films.<ref name="AFI2002" /> In 2005, the film's screenplay was listed as the twenty-seventh greatest screenplay of the preceding 75 years on the [[Writers Guild of America]]'s (WGA) 101 Greatest Screenplays list.<ref name="WGAGreatest1" /><ref name="WGAGreatest2" /> In a 2008 AFI poll of 1,500 industry members, ''Groundhog Day'' was ranked as the eighth-best fantasy film.<ref name="AFI1500" /><ref name="AFIGenre" /> That same year ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' listed the film 259th on its list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.<ref name="Empire500" /> In 2014, a poll of 2,120 entertainment-industry members by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' ranked it the 63rd-best film of all time.<ref name="THRJun14" /> In 2015, the screenplay was listed as the third-funniest on the WGA's 101 Funniest Screenplays list, behind ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' (1958) and ''[[Annie Hall]]'' (1977).<ref name="WGAFunniest1" /><ref name="WGAFunniest2" /> That same year, it was ranked the 71st-best American film by a BBC Culture poll of international film critics.<ref>{{cite news| work=BBC News| title=The 100 greatest American films |date=21 July 2015| access-date=7 January 2025| url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150720-the-100-greatest-american-films}}</ref> In 2017, the [[BBC]] polled 253 critics (118 female, 135 male) from across 52 countries on the funniest film made. ''Groundhog Day'' came fourth, behind ''Annie Hall'', ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964), and ''Some Like It Hot''.<ref name="BBC253" />

Several publications have ranked it as one of the greatest comedy films of all time, including: number one by ''Empire'' (2019);<ref name="EmpireComedy" /> number five by ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'';<ref name="LegacyTimeOutRanking" /> number 10 by Rotten Tomatoes;<ref name="RT100" /> number 11 by ''[[IGN]]'';<ref name="IGNRAnking" /> number 18 by ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'';<ref name="PasteMagRank" /> number 23 by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'';<ref name="TelegraphMar17" /> and unranked by [[Film School Rejects]] and ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''.<ref name="FSRRanking" /><ref name="VogueRanking" /> Rotten Tomatoes also listed the film number 86 on its list of 200 essential movies to watch.<ref name="RT200" /> Similarly, it has been ranked as one of the greatest films of the 1990s, including: number 4 by [[IndieWire]];<ref name="90sIndieWire" /> number 5 by ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'';<ref name="Slate90s" /> number 11 by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'';<ref name="90sRollingStone" /> number 12 by ''[[ShortList]]'';<ref name="90sShortlist" /> number 15 by ''[[The A.V. Club]]'';<ref name="90sAVClub" /> number 28 by Rotten Tomatoes;<ref name="90sRottenTomatoes" /> number 41 by ''[[Slant Magazine]]'';<ref name="90sSlant" /> number 55 by the [[British Film Institute]];<ref name="BFI90s" /> and unranked by ''Time Out''.<ref name="90sTimeout" />