The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Quite decent considering the possibilities. I was fascinated by “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy” (the book, the first part), but by “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, Adams’ style had saturated me already. I watched the film after reading the book and there’s a lot of the book in it, all the main jokes are there, but a lot of things are different… I think it could have been done better, but I don’t know how. I don’t know how I would mix fidelity to the source material and changes in order to produce a film that would be convincing on its own. One way or another, it would surely result in some absurd hybrid that everyone would perceive differently. (07/29/2011)

I quite enjoyed watching this humorous sci-fi, and it reminded me that I'd like to read the book version sometime. Excellent casting, with the encounter of Martin Freeman and Bill Nighy in one scene being absolutely electrifying due to their acting abilities. Otherwise, it’s a clever and entertaining sci-fi film with excellent actors, including in the voice roles. (11/27/2014)

I haven’t read the book, so I liked it much more than most people (who have read it), so I will have the last laugh when I get around to reading the book, because I will relive the fun while the rest of you had to suffer the (supposedly) less funny hundred and nine minutes of the movie. Ha Ha Ha. P.S.: Marvin rocks. (01/18/2013)

Much more enjoyable and especially funnier than the British series from the eighties. Martin Freeman is effortlessly divine, Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell are surprisingly annoying, and as a whole, it is a cautiously maturing and reliably absurd comedy that, unfortunately, was mostly unappreciated by viewers (including myself) when it came out. (08/13/2006)

A crazy story built on individual jokes rather than constructive narrative pacing, but admittedly on jokes so ingenious and imaginative in places (Vogon poetry, a depressed robot, a planet that punishes over-thinking) that it is irresistible. Towards the end, the innovation runs out of breath and the tone is futile, but the good impression is again saved by the excellent voice over and, above all, by the actors, who have come together in really excellent form and, obviously, mood. There can hardly be a better way to kill a lazy afternoon after a big party. 65% (04/23/2016)