Martin Freeman,
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Douglas Adams' oft-adapted tale of an normal guy making his way through the universe (it's already been presented as a novel, a radio serial, a television series, and a comic book) finally makes its w... read more
Directed by: Garth Jennings
Release Date: April 29, 2005
Keywords:
funny,
little,
sci-fi,
different,
php,
alan rickman,
tv series,
sam rockwell,
douglas adams,
Times New Roman,
Sam Rockwell ,
Alan Rickman ,
Douglas Adams
DVD Release Date: September 13, 2005
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Flixster Reviews (15,239)
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March 24, 2012This is a film with qualities that are way ahead of its time, no-one would think to make a documentary guide that has action, drama, comedy, romance and acting beyond belief. Its only made in 2005 but the realness is unbelieveable.
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March 23, 2012I have to say it one of my favourite books and very much one of my favourite movies! I loved every moment of it and although very true to the book maybe with a couple of added scenes which flowed well and very much suited the concept and quirkiness of the movie it didnt disappoin... read more
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January 4, 2012I first saw this when it came out and I cant remember a lot. I remember finding it strange because i'd never read the book or seen the series. But I also remember liking it a lot and laughing at it like I was supposed to (in the best possible way).
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November 28, 2011I never had a chance to read the book, but having seen this film, I thought it was very entertaining and fun. I personally felt that this film was fairly underrated and that it didn't deserve the flack it received. I thought that the cast here delivered good performances and made... read more
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October 10, 2011The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a hilarious, thrilling adventure through space. Although people unfamiliar with the source material (such as I) will be confused at a lot of things and events, the film's objective isn't to be faithful to the book or to make complete sense... read more
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August 28, 2011Unfortunately, a great deal of the wit and charm of the novel is muffled by the spectacle of special effects.
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July 20, 2011Losing your planet isn't the end of the world.
Good weird movie. The cast was very good and the voices too. Be prepare to be dazzle by the absurdity that makes the movie real. I don't think lots of people will like or love this movie because of it's rarity and baldness but for t... read more -
June 23, 2011It was an ok film, I'd probably have to re watch it to really see if I liked it that much but otherwise it wasn't really my sort of film. Good but not great!
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February 13, 2011"All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world."
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researc... read more -
October 25, 2010Never in the history of film has a movie come so close and so far removed from its own source material. I really hate this film because it gets so much right from the original book by Douglas Adams. The visual design of the space ships and the characters is literally perfect, dir... read more
Critic Reviews
May 6, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
May 2, 2005
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
The problem is not that the film debases the book but that movies themselves are too capacious a home for such comedy, with its tea-steeped English musings and its love of bitty, tangential gags.
May 2, 2005
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
[It has] visual goofiness and flights of thespian bravura. Full Review
April 29, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
[The movie] captures the quizzical, quasi-spiritual nature of [Adams'] book and manages to nail a surprising number of his dry little jokes, even some that you think could work only on the page. Full Review
April 29, 2005
Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post
Although Hitchhiker starts out a total gas, it doesn't have enough fuel to sustain the ride, ultimately amounting to little more than some amusing gags strung together in search of a story. Full Review
April 29, 2005
Mike Clark, USA Today
Galaxy is good enough to keep you rooting for it, but the mode of transport needs fresher points and plugs. Full Review
April 29, 2005
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
The long-overdue screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is likely to amuse and vex fans while leaving casual observers mildly baffled. Full Review
April 29, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Audiences will be won over from the first sequence. Full Review
April 29, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
They've finally gone and made a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. And they've blown it. Not completely. Just enough to break an interstellar hitchhiker's heart. Full Review
April 29, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
It's a mutant piece of entertainment that's bound to leave fans feeling betrayed and everyone else befuddled. Full Review
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