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For journeyman Arthur Dent, the greatest adventure in the universe begins when the world ends, and it's an adventure of being blown up, attending a poetry reading, being thrown out of an airlock, rescued, reuniting with the love of his life, being shot at, having a fish stuck in his ear, being insulted, whacked, sickened, deprived of tea, learning the answer to the ultimate question, and almost having his brain sawed out by mice.
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.
May 02, 2005
eFilmCritic.com
It's hard to dislike a movie in which one of the heroes gets brain power from lemon juice.
"The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" is an enjoyable sci-fi romp with a strong twist of self-effacing British raillery that children of all ages will get a charge from.
[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.
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.
Fans of the book will probably be a little disappointed, but anyone encountering the Hitchhiker's Guide for the first time should be thoroughly entertained. It is very strange and very funny in a way that Adams' work exemplified.