Updated on 2 February 2021: In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray won countless fans as Phil Connors, the smug weatherman condemned to relive the same day over and over again in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

And, while the film came out in the heady days of 1993 – Mariah Carey’s Hero was in the charts, a new sitcom called Frasier was keeping us entertained on TV, and basically everyone was wearing flannel shirts – it’s very much striking a chord with audiences in 2021.

That’s right: Groundhog Day has been trending on Twitter on and off since last March, with viewers falling over themselves to draw parallels between the eternal loop Murray’s character finds himself trapped in, and their own lives during the coronavirus lockdown.

“Every week feels like treading water now,” tweeted one. “I don’t look forward to it. Hard to stay motivated when you don’t know what the future looks like. We really are living Groundhog Day.”

Another added: “I’m going mad in this Groundhog Day loop.”

Groundhog Day: the vital lesson we must learn from the 1993 film in lockdown