Film

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005

Directed by Garth Jennings

  • Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
  • 109 min
  • PG

Rotten Tomatoes60%Metacritic63

Don't leave Earth without it.

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

AdventureComedyScience Fictiongalaxyandroidbureaucracybased on novel or bookchasespace travelaliensurvivalhitchhikerrobotalien invasionspace opera

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Epic, comic, unpretentious and contemporary.

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  • gravecomic
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Who loves it, who doesn't

The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 4The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 14 / 1The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 4The Provocateur: disliked by 14 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 3The Formalist: disliked by 13 / 1The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 33The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 22The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 1The Archivist: disliked by 11 / 1The EmpathThe Empath: disliked by 20 / 2The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 11loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

44 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Empaths.

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  • “Is the world more interesting than the story?”

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  • “Is Martin Freeman the best thing in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?”

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