Capsule movie review - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Original Flixter review - Fine movie. Too short.

Expanded: This cinematic posthumous manifestation of Douglas Adams' magnificent multimedia plotline (strictly speaking the first medium that The Hitchhiker's Guide canon appeared in was a radio program) was disappointing to the majority of the fans of the novel series, the first novel, or Douglas Adams' stuff in general. The difficultly of adaptation from prose to screen, and from British atheistic wit to general interest American audiences' interest becomes readily apparent when watching this movie. I also would have made different choices when the creative license was exercised. The film was also too short.