The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Bias Rating

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 6.4

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy poster

Overview

Everyone has bad mornings. You wake up late, you stub your toe, you burn the toast, but for a man named Arthur Dent, this goes far beyond a bad day. When he learns that a friend of his is actually an alien with advanced ...

Starring Cast

Martin Freeman • Yasiin Bey • Sam Rockwell

Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: High

Gender Swap: Yes

Race Swap: Yes

Overview

Starring Cast

Martin Freeman • Yasiin Bey • Sam Rockwell

Where to watch

Hulu

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

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Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film's primary focus is on philosophical absurdity and broad satire of bureaucracy, rather than promoting a specific political ideology or offering a partisan solution to its central conflicts, leading to a neutral rating.

Diversity: HighConfidence: Medium

The movie demonstrates significant DEI through the explicit racial recasting of a traditionally white character, Ford Prefect, with a Black actor. However, its narrative does not explicitly critique or negatively portray traditional identities, instead focusing on broader absurdist and existential themes.

Secondary

Gender Swap: YesConfidence: High

Deep Thought, a supercomputer consistently portrayed with a male voice and implied male identity in the original radio series and books, is voiced by a female actor (Helen Mirren) in the 2005 film adaptation. This constitutes a gender swap for a significant character.

Race Swap: YesConfidence: High

Ford Prefect, a character previously portrayed by white actors in earlier adaptations of the source material, is played by a Black actor in the 2005 film, constituting a race swap.

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's narrative and character relationships are exclusively heterosexual, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity within its comedic sci-fi framework.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

The film features prominent female characters such as Trillian and Questular Rontok. However, none of these characters are depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents using skill, strength, or martial arts. Their roles do not involve direct physical confrontation.