Douglas Adams's wildly successful sci-fi comedy BBC television and novel series The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy has made it to the big screen, opening as the number one box office film in the U.S. this past weekend with a surprisingly strong showing of $21.7.
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Follow Up: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Celebrity critic Roger Ebert has a point about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The adaptation of Douglas Adams’ book is almost absolutely an inclusive experience. So, then, why does he even bother to review the film? This...
Posted to Video by Film Cynic on May 2, 2005 05:14 PM
A Quick Reaction to Hitchhiker's
Where is the magic? I don’t know. It’s certainly a competent retelling of the story, with numerous shout-outs to fans of the book and BBC series. The song “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish,” is...
Posted to Video by David Thomas on May 2, 2005 03:24 PM
Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy was an disappointment (1 out of 5). It was boring, failed to draw me in, and left me wanting not only more but anything else. I've never read the books,...
Posted to Video by Nicholas Roussos on May 1, 2005 10:26 PM
Hitchhiker's Guide to Opening Weekend
As I am sure anyone that has ever been a bit dorky is aware this is opening weekend (3133 screens) for Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. And if you didn't, you aren't a cool enough dork. Based on Douglas Adams'...
Posted to Video by Erin McMaster on April 30, 2005 11:56 AM
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Making a movie out of Douglas Adams' book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is one of those clearly impossible tasks that only the foolish or seriously uninformed would do. The uninformed would make "Lost In Space" part two with...
Posted to Video by The Theory on April 30, 2005 11:14 AM
Article comments
1 - Michael Elgin
There's another well written (and spoiler-free) review here.
The author is a lifelong fan, and runs the largest HHGTTG fansite in the world, but he really took the time to write both the good and the bad about the movie. It's a must-read.
Marty
2 - Eric Olsen
thanks Marty