Timeline for What caused and ended the time loop in Groundhog Day?

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Jan 24, 2022 at 22:45	comment	added	Alfred		I agree that the crucial element was Phil changing. Rita falling in love was the proof of this change, not the cause of the end of the loop.
Jan 10, 2012 at 19:46	comment	added	NGLN		@Andrew Rita falling in love with him itself is not the crucial element; it is evidence and metaphor of the crucial element: Phil becoming completely a 'good person'.
Jan 10, 2012 at 17:38	comment	added	wbogacz		I can understand that opinion, that it was necessary for the rest of the people to value Phil, rather than just his changing, that helped break the cycle. Sort of a 'Pay it Forward' view.
Jan 10, 2012 at 15:10	comment	added	Andrew Thompson		I felt there was an added element to it. Phil started to help/think of other people before the loop ended (e.g. the old man he'd initially ignored, but then tried continually to save). The crucial element was that he had to become such a good person that *Rita could 'fall in love' with him in a single day* I put 'fall in love' in inverted commas since she might just have been fond of him, but it seemed she was the crucial 'loop breaking' element. +1 for the answer.
Jan 8, 2012 at 21:46	history	edited	wbogacz	CC BY-SA 3.0	Expanded answer, spelling
Jan 8, 2012 at 21:41	history	answered	wbogacz	CC BY-SA 3.0