The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a 2005 science fiction film based on the Douglas Adams book by the same name. We had seen this before but watched it again as part of our Towel Day observance.

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The New York Times calls it "hugely likable". Slant Magazine doesn't like it at all. BBC has a mixed review, saying it "is not as bad as I had feared." Locus Magazine says it's "mostly charmless". Moria gives it bad marks with 1 star. Roger Ebert is confused, coming to the movie without having read the book. Salon.com says,

It's a shame Adams didn't live to see this carefully cast and gently handled adaptation -- it captures the quizzical, quasi-spiritual nature of his book and manages to nail a surprising number of his dry little jokes, even some that you think could work only on the page.