The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

By Lisa Schwarzbaum
Published on May 16, 2005 04:00AM EDT

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Douglas Adams’ sci-fi tomfoolery — set in a galaxy where the probable intersects with the mundane — feels a bit frayed around the heat shields as it reenters our atmosphere.

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