Roxio CinemaNow - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Critics seem worlds apart on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of the few radio shows (from the BBC) of relatively recent times to make its way to the screen (in this case, via books and TV). On the one hand, there's Manohla Dargis in the New York Times, who calls the film hugely likable. On the other, there's Jack Mathews in the New York Daily News (certainly a world away), who writes that it is way too goofy for all but the most thumbstruck Hitchhiker. (Several critics, apparently fans of the original radio, book, and TV versions, do repeat the frequent advice that crops up in them: Don't panic.) Actually, several writers take a middle position. Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun, for example, comments that it is part irritating, part inspired. Gene Seymour in Newsday comments: The movie is cuddly, cozy and companionable enough, but it cops out on the book's cheekiness. Ty Burr in the Boston Globe, remarks that although it is visually playful and often good fun, it never settles on a convincing narrative shape. And Peter Howell in the Toronto Star concludes: Neither as good as hoped for nor as bad as feared, the long-overdue screen adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is likely to amuse and vex fans while leaving casual observers mildly baffled.

I don't know how some of these reviewers did not love this movie. Once I finally watched it, I was mad at my self for not going to to the big screen when it was showing.Got a couple of hours and you're thinking about a movie?. . . this is it-- enjoy the movie.