The Characters In Groundhog Day, Freaks And Misdemeanors

The media can be used to show existential ideas. In the real world we experience good and bad consequences. Most of the time, we are the one who put ourselves through those consequences based on our choices. This is an existential idea, making our own choices and being responsible for our actions. In certain movies, such as Crimes and Misdemeanors, the film features the characters where they are determined by an individual thought until they reach their achievement and when their desire has ended. The film displays characters where they do not believe that their morals claims can be certain and can be true or false. The characters’ morals believe they do not have a truth value. There are many other films and TV shows that deal with existential ideas such as, Groundhog Day, Freaks and Geeks, and Nerve. All of these movies deal with characters making decisions out of free will and shows the consequences for their actions. In the movie Groundhog Day, the character Phil Connors, wakes up every morning in the same hotel, at the same time. When he wakes up he has 24 hours to do anything he wants. He makes his own choices and yet, he has no responsibility for the days to come because of his “immortality”. …show more content…
The main character, Lindsay Weir, mainly focuses on herself, instead of other people’s needs. Lindsay joins the freaks and goes through senseless experiences with them. She leaves behind her “goody two shoes” group to experience new friends and try the “dark” side. Lindsay feels alienation from her family, friends, and school. She is trying to find out who she wants to be, by trying new experiences on her own. Her group of freaks, feel the same way, and that is why they are seen as outsiders or bad influences. Lindsay has free will to try and find who she wants to be, even if it causes her to be in trouble. This causes Lindsay to be punished throughout the show, but she wants to find her true and happiest