I've said that for years Mrs. Rightly Biased just don'et get it I really like Groundhog Day..
BTW "Don't drive on the Railroad tracks"
I was very bored with Groundhog Day, it reminded me too much of every day I lived in Buffalo NY. And I don't like Bill Murray. He talks too much.
But then it has been 40 years since I took cinematography and we mainly analyzed Bergman films as I remember.
I kept saying to the screen -- Don't ruin this. Don't ruin this.
And they didn't. It's a masterpiece in every one of the ways the original post describes.
Once in a while some other new movie knocks GHD, out of #1 for a week or so, [LOTR, Joe Vs. The Volcano} but every time the polish wears off, and Ground Hog Day is back on top again.
"Don't drive on the Railroad tracks"
"anyone for flapjacks?"