Comparing Nietzsche And Groundhog's Day

After discussing Nietzsche in class, I could not help but draw connections between his philosophies and the movie Groundhog’s Day. The first Nietzchean concept seen in the film is the idea of the eternal recurrence or the “eternal return of the same”. This concept is integral to the plot of the film because the film follows Phil Connors a weatherman who is cursed to relive the same day over and over. Phil’s life becomes a predictable cycle, one in which escape seems impossible. Phil at first seems hesitant to accept that his life is an endless recurrence of the same but eventually he begins to take advantage of his predicament.
Once Phil becomes full aware of his life’s predictable sequence, he begins to use his knowledge of future events