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OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten |
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C- | "The big problem with Hitchhiker, and it is a crucial one, is that the middle section of the film really isn't that interesting." |
| FromTheBalcony |
| Bill Clark |
4/5 | "On the grand scale of adaptations, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy falls...closer to Lord of the Rings than it does The Shining, or I, Robot." |
| DVDTalk.com |
| Bill Gibron |
B | "Guide is a gigantic, bizarre, science fiction, philosophical, slapstick comedy. And it’s an extremely entertaining one at that." |
| FilmJerk.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
4/5 | "Adams fans will have to content themselves with the fact that, while the film is not perfect, it is indeed the best they could realistically have hoped for." |
| Film Threat |
| Chris Barsanti |
3.5/5 | "theater of the absurd, a Buñuel film for the zeroes" |
| Filmcritic.com |
| Christopher Null |
| "For all its bells and whistles, the search for meaning, much like a colorful traipse through Oz, takes you back to the mundane." |
| PopMatters |
| Cynthia Fuchs |
3/5 | "It was easy to the spot the diehard fans of the novels. They emerged from the theater sulking like Marvin the Robot." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Dan Lybarger |
4/5 | "The film version truly captures the whimsical cynicism at the series’ heart." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| David Cornelius |
D+ | "Amusing to experience, but forgettable… an organic Hollywood behemoth that merely hitchhikes on the fame of Adams’ celebrated novel." |
| EDGE Boston |
| David Foucher |
3/4 | "Once you get past all the impenetrable dialogue exchanges and meandering plot twists, what you have is, at the core, a film with solid vision and heart." |
| Cinemaphile.org |
| David Keyes |
1/4 | "...proves that some novels just aren't filmable..." |
| Reel Film Reviews |
| David Nusair |
C- | "We're not talking Star Wars here; we're instead talking Disney-like cute." |
| Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
| Dennis Schwartz |
1/4 | "Hitching a ride, even one in space, has never been less exciting and adventurous." |
| TheMovieBoy.com |
| Dustin Putman |
B- | "The movie is never dull, but it does seem to wander a bit, with an odd, almost delirious storyline that will probably put off viewers who are unfamiliar with Adams' books." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
2/4 | "Mark Twain said, 'the human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.' Perhaps that page was torn out of the filmmakers’ used copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide" |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Erik Childress |
B | "Enthusiastic, respectful, amusing and fun." |
| Film Blather |
| Eugene Novikov |
C- | "The picture is a mess... a disorganized hodgepodge of skits that generate more groans than laughs." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
5/5 | "Features a dapper young Englishman who learns to treasure his towel, to leap at love and never rest on his laurels as a member of the human race." |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
2.5/4 | "For the most part, this big-screen re-telling of Adams' inaugural book plays it safe, offers some solid performances and nice special effects, and provides some chuckles along the way." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
5/10 | "With its heart in the right place but its mind functioning in the the wrong galactic sector, this movie feels only halfway there." |
| ReelTalk Movie Reviews |
| Jeffrey Chen |
1.5/4 | "Director Garth Jennings doesn't sustain any momentum in Hitchhiker's Guide because everything that happens is completely arbitrary...and zany!" |
| Slant Magazine |
| Jeremiah Kipp |
4/10 | "That’s not to say that the film sucked, just that…it wasn’t my kind of movie or humor." |
| JoBlo's Movie Emporium |
| JoBlo |
6/10 | "For all its huge sets, high-tech glitz, and CGI effects, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fails to capture the deadpan drollness of the Adams novels" |
| DVDTown.com |
| John J. Puccio |
3.5/5 | "full review in Greek" |
| Movies for the Masses |
| Joseph Proimakis |
2.5/5 | "Despite the perfect cast, fantastic book animations, & superb production design, this latest adaptation of Douglas Adams' novel is just not very enjoyable." |
| Cinerina |
| Karina Montgomery |
2.0/4.0 | ""Mostly Unnecessary."" |
| MovieCrypt.com |
| Kevin A. Ranson |
3.5/5 | "The fans are gonna love this movie." |
| 7M Pictures |
| Kevin Carr |
2/4 | "I can see why this mix of science-fiction, satire, existentialism and plain absurdity would appeal to some, but it didn’t add up to much for me." |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
C | "Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences take note of a rarity - a really good Best Song nominee." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
3/5 | "An eccentric, mind-bending head trip." |
| TV Guide's Movie Guide |
| Maitland McDonagh |
3/4 | "They mostly get it right, and that's enough for me." |
| Mark Reviews Movies |
| Mark Dujsik |
6/10 | "This film is a pleasant experience but a throwaway one. It is hard to be harsh on a film with as many smiles as this one. For many of us the jokes will be just too familiar." |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Mark R. Leeper |
3/4 | "Given this fan's worst fears, The Hitchhiker's Guide is a
minor pleasant surprise" |
| Movie Habit |
| Marty Mapes |
| "[W]on’t make any sense to the uninitiated -- beyond the obvious nonsensical sense of frenetic action and weird aliens and laser guns going zap and such..." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
3/5 | "I wasn't amazed or stunned by this movie, but I felt like it would be nice to hang out with." |
| Goatdog's Movies |
| Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
1.5/4 | "The major problem is that the subtle, quirky humor of Douglas Adams’ novel doesn’t translate well to a big, expensive, special effects-laden production." |
| Aisle Seat |
| Mike McGranaghan |
B+ | "Does a fine job of capturing both the wit and the heart of the books, and makes us, for a moment, miss Adams just a little less.
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| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
| "A disappointingly potholed ride." |
| Lessons of Darkness |
| Nick Schager |
4/5 | "Divertido, irreverente e recheado de efeitos visuais que contribuem para a história em vez de simplesmente se limitarem a funcionar como espetáculo à parte." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
3.5/5 | "Devotees of the original stories are going to be frustrated that their favorite bits have been truncated or excised outright, while newbies will likely wonder what all the fuss has been about these last few decades." |
| Film Threat |
| Pete Vonder Haar |
3/4 | "The frantic action keeps us watching, although it's exhausting--like watching a feature-length trailer." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
D | "mannered, forced and inconsistent...uninspired...a narrative and thematic mess, thrown together, lacking any authorial focus." |
| TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) |
| Rick Curnutte |
3/5 | "It's hard to dislike a movie in which one of the heroes gets brain power from lemon juice." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Rob Gonsalves |
B | "A great film it's not, but in the 'Dear God don't screw this up' department, it passes with flying colors." |
| Flipside Movie Emporium |
| Rob Vaux |
C | "Sam Rockwell puts a lot of comic energy into the Zaphod Beeblebrox character, but the payoff is surprisingly slight. That sums up the problem with the movie." |
| Laramie Movie Scope |
| Robert Roten |
C | "...it takes the pithy and subtle British wit...and dumbs it down for us poor, obtuse Americans who wouldn’t known a satiric barb if it poked us in the eye." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Robin Clifford |
4/5 | "Those who'd welcome a crazed and colorful concoction of strong British wit and interstellar insanity should have a real hoopy time with the Guide." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Scott Weinberg |
B | "It's a pleasure to see and hear so much wit in a big-budget comedy, and the fine British cast of supporting actors makes every bon mot a tasty verbal morsel." |
| Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Sean Axmaker |
| "The world (the Universe, and Everything) is divided into fans of Douglas Adams, and those who have never read anything by the man" |
| rec.arts.movies.reviews |
| Shane Burridge |
| "[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." |
| Salon.com |
| Stephanie Zacharek |
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OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten |
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