Should you watch The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Film · 2005
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."
The sides of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Earth demolished for a bypass
- A depressed robot named Marvin
- A towel and the number 42
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is good for you if…
- you like British humour about bureaucrats destroying the planet.
- you like a whale falling from the sky and a ship powered by improbability.
- you like hitchhiking across the galaxy in a dressing gown.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is bad for you if…
- you need real stakes to care, and even the end of the Earth is played for laughs.
- you need the science to hold up.
About: the meaning of life · absurdity · friendship
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