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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

Garth Jennings

Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel ...

6.0

15,289

Sci-Fi. Comedy. Adventure Don’t panic! Stick out your thumb to join the most ordinary man in the world on an extra-ordinary adventure across the univers. Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur’s only chance for survival: hitch a ride on a passing spacecraft. Arthur ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Leslie Felperin Variety	"Pic remains more smile-inducing than laugh-aloud funny and has pacing and coherence problems. Thankfully, strong visuals and sight gags punch up the package"	NEU
United Kingdom	John Hazelton Screendaily	"[It] preserves the eccentric spirit of the original radio/book/TV series, even as it smartly streamlines the story and updates the tone"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie was more of a revue than a narrative, more about moments than an organizing purpose (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"One of the pleasures of this loopy adventure (...) is that what keeps the story in gear are the moments when its four space trekkers (...) are chattering about all manner of cheery nonsense"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The savour and flavour of the Adams original, its playfully ruminative feel, has been downgraded in favour of a jolly but less interesting outerspace romp (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"A very British, very funny sci-fi misadventure that's guaranteed to win converts (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Although I never doubted that I was watching 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', something was missing (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Jamie Russell BBC	"It's bloomin' brilliant (...) It's hard to see how this could have been better (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"It's true in tone and spirit to Adams' novel, and that faithfulness counts for a lot. Not every moment works, particularly in the draggy middle section, but the spirit of the thing still carries it along."	POS

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