The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Mr. Jennings and Mr. Goldsmith have held onto a genuine sense of childlike wonder, which works as a nice corrective to what might otherwise come across as an overabundance of hip.Read Full Review »

Go with the whimsical flow that includes a hilariously morose robot named Marvin, voiced by the great Alan Rickman with the weight of the galaxy resonating in every bored, cynical syllable. Adams would be pleased.Read Full Review »

At selected moments the Pee Wee's Playhouse-scaled visual goofiness and flights of thespian bravura in this long-awaited movie adaptation of Douglas Adams' goofy-wise cult classic are in perfect celestial harmony with the existential tomfoolery of Adams' peerless (and peerlessly Monty Python-British) creation.Read Full Review »

This is a movie about improbability, randomness and absurdity. It almost goes without saying, you can't get in a panic about having everything.Read Full Review »

Does so many things right, and still doesn't quite hit the mark.Read Full Review »

An extremely pleasant, consistently amusing diversion that is never as uproarious as you might hope. But don't panic, as the Guide would say. In a pinch, it will do.Read Full Review »

Visually playful and often good fun, it never settles on a convincing narrative shape.Read Full Review »

Though the journey ends on some fun notes after a sagging middle, Galaxy never fully breaks out.Read Full Review »

Lost in a time warp of its own doing (or non-doing), Hitchhiker's Guide just doesn't seem terribly original.Read Full Review »

Boasts a strong ensemble of performances. Martin Freeman is the perfect choice for an ordinary, unheroic Earth guy.Read Full Review »