What this movie basically says is that if you can play the piano like a pro, be a professional ice carver, get 6 different couples to congratulate you for changing their life including being a medical professional, and demonstrate all of this in front of the woman you like, then and only then will she fall for you.
It's one thing that Phil becomes a better human but it's bitter sweet because Rita doesn't just need a nice person. She needs Superman. She buys him only because he's beyond amazing.
I don't actually remember the details of "Green Card" and I'm not saying it's as good a movie but as far as I remember, Brontë (MacDowell), falls for Georges as a normal person, not as the most accomplished person someone has ever met.
It's that part that robs the Groundhog Day of some impact. None of us can ever be all the things that Phil becomes. We can be nice people but we cant be Superman but we'll never get the girl unless we are. That's the message of Groundhog Day.
It's one thing that Phil becomes a better human but it's bitter sweet because Rita doesn't just need a nice person. She needs Superman. She buys him only because he's beyond amazing.
I don't actually remember the details of "Green Card" and I'm not saying it's as good a movie but as far as I remember, Brontë (MacDowell), falls for Georges as a normal person, not as the most accomplished person someone has ever met.
It's that part that robs the Groundhog Day of some impact. None of us can ever be all the things that Phil becomes. We can be nice people but we cant be Superman but we'll never get the girl unless we are. That's the message of Groundhog Day.