The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Don't leave Earth without it.
Don't leave Earth without it.
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
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2005
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Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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Cast:
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Details
Runtime:
109 min
Release date:
28 Apr 2005
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$50,000,000
Revenue:
$104,500,000
Awards:
1 win & 10 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Adams would be pleased.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
6 May 2005
rotten:
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.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
2 May 2005
fresh:
[It has] visual goofiness and flights of thespian bravura.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 May 2005
fresh:
[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.
– Stephanie Zacharek,
Salon.com,
29 Apr 2005
rotten:
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.
– Teresa Wiltz,
Washington Post,
29 Apr 2005