The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Reviews

Fans of the book will probably be a little disappointed, but anyone encountering the Hitchhiker's Guide for the first time should be thoroughly entertained. It is very strange and very funny in a way that Adams' work exemplified.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

"The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" is an enjoyable sci-fi romp with a strong twist of self-effacing British raillery that children of all ages will get a charge from.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

It's hard to dislike a movie in which one of the heroes gets brain power from lemon juice.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

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.

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Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

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.

| Original Score: 3/4

"Mostly Unnecessary."

Full Review | Original Score: 2.0/4.0

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Cute, science-fiction adventure that has inspired moments. Just not enough of them.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

Given this fan's worst fears, The Hitchhiker's Guide is a minor pleasant surprise

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

...proves that some novels just aren't filmable...

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4

On the grand scale of adaptations, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy falls...closer to Lord of the Rings than it does The Shining, or I, Robot.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

For all its huge sets, high-tech glitz, and CGI effects, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fails to capture the deadpan drollness of the Adams novels

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

The world (the Universe, and Everything) is divided into fans of Douglas Adams, and those who have never read anything by the man

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This film is a pleasant experience but a throwaway one. It is hard to be harsh on a film with as many smiles as this one. For many of us the jokes will be just too familiar.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

...character interactions and relationships have been jettisoned in favor of wild gesticulations, frantic emoting and a heap of commotion.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

I'll never be able to figure out how they can turn words like "go" and "no" into two-syllable words.

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The big problem with Hitchhiker, and it is a crucial one, is that the middle section of the film really isn't that interesting.

Full Review | Original Score: C-

Even those who love British humor (a la Monty Python) will find the script tedious and unimaginative.

Full Review | Original Score: D