The world of French crime films is a particular place, informed by the French love for Hollywood film noir, a genre they identified and named. But th… - Roger Ebert

Groundhog Day is a film that finds its note and purpose so precisely that its genius may not be immediately noticeable. It unfolds so inevitably, is so entertaining, so apparently effortless, that you have to stand back and slap yourself before you see how good it really is. Certainly I underrated it in my original review; I enjoyed it so easily that I was seduced into cheerful moderation. But there are a few films, and this is one of them, that burrow into our memories and become reference points. When you find yourself needing the phrase This is like "Groundhog Day" to explain how you feel, a movie has accomplished something.

A man goes to the movies. The critic must admit that he is this man.

You look at them and wonder how, at any stage of the production, anyone could have thought there was a watchable movie here.