Although one may trace the repetitive action to Capra or whoever, I be- lieve it serves a different, and in my opinion "sublime" function in Groundhog's Day. As I believe a Boston Globe critic pointed out, this repetition serves as a fantasy device to possibly explore existential struggles or what not. Yes, at time the film was cheesey or tacky and the ending is especially unfit, but there was more intellegience behind the film. Although Twilight Zone might convey the philosophic search better, the pop format of Groundhog's Day in which this search occurs is interesting. This search for meaning in a life where each day is literally the same as the next is emphasized in that scene where Murray is in the bar/diner with the homeless(?) guys, who reflect "That pretty much sums it up" when Murray describes his fantastic situation. Call me gullible, naive, or unsophisticated, but I was convinced with Murray' s characterization or whatever. (But then again I like Scrooged.) Maybe midlife crises are a literary cliche and such philosophic searches are overdone, but Groundhog's Day is superior to something like Joe and the Volcano or on the other hand something pedantically Woody Allen, in that it is neither pretentious, heavy handed, but retains a sensitivity and some sophistication to the philosophic search. The film is clearly flawed --particularly in the ending and perhaps Andie MacDowell's per- formance-- but it deserves more credit than what pop films normally get and more than just another film which steals the repetitive action device. (No, I am not implying that any screen-listers taking it as such--just trying to make a point.)--Sterling Chen