New York Times
"[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." 04/29/2005 p.E1USA Today
"[T]he animation sequences that illustrate the instructional Guide itself are clever." 04/29/2005 p.8E Rolling Stone
"[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." 05/19/2005 p.85 Entertainment Weekly
"[A] nutty, fitfully charming production, with its 'Pee-Wee's Playhouse' visual aesthetic, androidish pacing, and idiot-proof overdelight in itself..." 05/13/2005 p.61-62 Uncut
"[I]t's a hugely welcome experience: witty, ingenious and sharp as razors." 06/01/2005 p.139 Sight and Sound
"Jennings crams the animations that illustrate the Guide entries with droll sight gags." 06/01/2005 p.60-61 | 
