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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman, Mos Def

Earthman Arthur Dent is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur's only chance for survival: hitch a ride on a passing spacecraft.... (read more)

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PG, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed by: Garth Jennings
Release Date: Apr 29, 2005
DVD Release Date: Sep 13, 2005

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15 hours ago
no not as good as the books but what is ? Sam Rockwell and Alan Rickman are great, Martin Freeman and Zooey Deschanel are pretty good
17 hours ago
sexy ass Zooey Deschanel... ::drools:: :P~
2 days ago
all time favorite opening scene
2 days ago
Better than people say.
5 days ago
I really wanted to like this movie more, but despite the dated look and low budget, the BBC TV series is superior.

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1678 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Adams would be pleased.
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1679 days ago
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
A disappointingly potholed ride.
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1682 days ago
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
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.
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1684 days ago
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
[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.
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1685 days ago
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
A beautifully odd duck and a faithful-in-spirit adaptation of Douglas Adams' iconic sci-fi ramble.
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