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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 186
Fresh: 111
Rotten:75
Average Rating: 6/10
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 (Tim from THE OFFICE) stars as Arthur... [More]
Starring: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Mos Def
Director: Garth Jennings
Reviews for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Capturing the wry absurdist logic of Adams' comedy, Jennings' movie delivers more laughs than a single viewing can tease out.
04/30/05
Top Critic Martin Freeman is perfectly cast as Arthur Dent and Zooey Deschanel is rather brilliant (not to mention drop-dead gorgeous) as Trillian.
04/30/05
Top Critic Adams would have been flattered by Jennings’s lavish film debut. The graphics are fabulous. The aliens are deliciously grotesque, and Martin Freeman is inspired casting
04/28/05
Top Critic The frantic action keeps us watching, although it's exhausting--like watching a feature-length trailer.
04/18/05
I loved this film. It's faithful, irreverent, fun, funny and in no way the disrespectful waste of celluloid Adams fans had secretly been dreading.
04/15/05
It's hard to dislike a movie in which one of the heroes gets brain power from lemon juice.
09/17/07
Considering all the things that could have gone wrong in the making of this picture, it's a minor miracle that it turned out as well as it did.
03/01/07
A lot of fun and something different, poised to reach a broader audience with its silly and spirited tour of space -- which is vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big, by the way.
09/25/06
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12/06/05
Top Critic
Adams fans will have to content themselves with the fact that, while the film is not perfect, it is indeed the best they could realistically have hoped for.
12/06/05
Devotees of the original stories are going to be frustrated that their favorite bits have been truncated or excised outright, while newbies will likely wonder what all the fuss has been about these last few decades.
12/06/05
Cute, science-fiction adventure that has inspired moments. Just not enough of them.
10/07/05
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