The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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63 out of 100

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    83
    They have been true to a classic source, using Adams' language and finding just the right actors, sets and costumes to flesh out his vision. Only the most persnickety cultist won't appreciate the effort.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    80
    Hits the screen with its disarmingly droll spirit quite intact.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Driven equally by big questions and the abiding desire for small pleasures, like a decent cup of tea, it's an eccentric, mind-bending head trip that greets every catastrophe with an endearingly goofy smile that embodies Hitchhiker's Guide's Zen mantra: Don't Panic!
  4. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    Amiably bland actors can be fun to watch, as Tom Hanks has proved. Freeman is no Hanks, though, and The Hitchhiker's Guide won't boost anyone's career into hyperspace. Or give your mind a workout.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 128
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 128
  3. Negative: 43 out of 128
  1. OneWhoKnows
    10
    From the wonderful book by the forever remembered Douglas Adams, this movie complied an amazing cast of character actors that just about complete my book of superb actors of the 20th century. The humor (is you have a sense of such) is riotous, The scene in which they must not think or get bonked by a shovel is so bizarre and weird it transgresses funny and takes you to another dimension of humor. If you didn't like this movie, I suggest you go rent Napoleon Dynamite and have a good time watching the worst movie in history.… Expand
  2. Andrew
    8
    This movie hit me wrong when I first watched it, and so I put it on the shelf and never watched it again for months. One day when I was sick, I watched it and was glad that I did. I have never read the book, but judging the movie by itself, it was great. From the humorous opening song to the wacky on-board computer, this movie kept me chuckling without trying to use stupid humor like many of the present day films resort to. I think you either get this movie, or you don't. I would highly recommend it, but if you don't get it the first time, "don't panic."… Expand
  3. FraserW.
    7
    I've read the book and i can tell you that they changed a few things but kept it a really hilarious comedy with a nice story line.
  4. CritiqueGirl
    2
    I gave it a 2 because it is only fair not to give it a 0 because I couldn't watch the whole thing. That being said, I couldn't get through the original (I am pretty sure there was one) nor the book.… Expand

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