On February 2nd, cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman Phil Connors travels to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to cover the Groundhog Day ceremony — and wakes up the next morning to the same Sonny and Cher alarm, the same February 2nd, with no way out. He exhausts contempt, hedonism, and elaborate suicide attempts before finally choosing to spend his endless February 2nd becoming someone genuinely worth knowing.