The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005) 7/10

Starring : Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel
Director : Garth Jennings
Running Time : 101 mins

Arthur Dent (Freeman) wakes up one morning to discover that his home is due to be demolished to make way for a bypass, but things go from bad to worse when it turns out the Earth is faced with a similar fate. Arthur's long time friend Ford Prefect (Def) rescues him at the last minute by hitchhiking aboard an alien space craft, run by the president of the universe (Rockwell) and a girl Arthur met at a party once named Tricia (Deschanel).

Considering that Hitchiker's Guide is a very English thing, and this version is filled with Americans in most of the lead roles, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It dosn't have the charm of the books or the early 80s BBC series, but it does manage to squeeze as much of the quirkiness of the books as possible into 90 minutes. Still, I didn't think much of the opening song.

You’ll like this if you liked : Galaxy Quest