Review of the week: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Cinema: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, directed by Garth Jennings, at cinemas nationwide from April 29.

As starts to the day go, it's not a good one. Arthur Dent wakes up to find bulldozers are about to demolish his house, and his best friend is not actually from Guildford, but rather from a distant star known as Betelgeuse. Cinema: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, directed by Garth Jennings, at cinemas nationwide from April 29.

Things only get worse for Arthur (Martin Freeman), the everyman hero of The Hitchhiker's ...