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Reviews Counted:187
Fresh:113
Rotten:74
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: A frantic and occasional funny adaptation of Douglas Adams' novel. However, it may have those unfamiliar with the source material scratching their heads.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Douglas Adams's long-awaited film version of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, based on his five-book series, is a funny, wacky, highly creative ride through a bizarre universe. Martin Freeman... [More]
Starring: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Mos Def
Director: Garth Jennings
It will be enough of a triumph for some fans that Hitchhiker finally got made. But anyone truly interested in Arthur and Ford and the gang -- anyone who wants to laugh a lot, anyway -- needs to migrate back to the books.
The movie gets right Adams' peculiar voice, that blend of genuine intellectual inquiry, deep cynicism and Brit-twit silliness.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy was created in different times, humour-wise, and some of the laughs in the movie seem dated.
It's worth hitching a ride on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but it's a jerky, uneven voyage.
A beautifully odd duck and a faithful-in-spirit adaptation of Douglas Adams' iconic sci-fi ramble.
By the film's final third, you begin to wonder when, or if, it is going to reach a conclusion.
[A] modestly amusing and at times very clever movie.
Hitchhiker is a one-off parody of a certain moment in arrested adolescence, but it's a charming way to look at the world.
A good-natured space romp for the whole family.
The film bursts the bounds of the first book and stuffs in chunks of narrative that don't belong.
Enjoyable despite messy subplots.
It's impossible to dislike a film where the hero, a mild-mannered Englishman named Arthur Dent, traverses the universe in his bathrobe because Earth was destroyed before breakfast.
Although there are differences, Hitchhiker's maintains the spirit of Adams' writing and the incredibly imaginative world he created.
an ingenious spectacle that dares its audience not to get sucked into it’s wildly imaginative world.
Ever wonder where Radiohead got the title 'Paranoid Android'? Meet Marvin the robot... he's a real party.
The pace is so slow that die-hard fans will be using their towels for pillows.
A mind-blowing trip, smart and funny and well worth the ride.
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Top CriticGiven the movie's peculiar context, [the book] should be required reading before anyone is allowed into the theater.
Whimsical and episodic, the feature needed more coherent comic hyperdrive to really blast through.
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