"[The] filmmaking style is unrushed and -- for a film stuffed with special effects -- not overly busy....[The] narrative bagginess is partly what makes the film feel true to Adams, if not in precise letter then certainly in mellow spirit."
New York Times

"[T]he animation sequences that illustrate the instructional Guide itself are clever."
USA Today

"[A] movie that spills over with visual gags, puppet monsters and a digital John Malkovich....The script by Karey Kirkpatrick and Adams himself delivers the goods in inspired lunacy."
Rolling Stone

"[A] nutty, fitfully charming production, with its 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse' visual aesthetic, androidish pacing, and idiot-proof overdelight in itself..."
Entertainment Weekly

"[I]t's a hugely welcome experience: witty, ingenious and sharp as razors."
Uncut

"Jennings crams the animations that illustrate the Guide entries with droll sight gags."
Sight and Sound