Rotten
In the absence of anything resembling structure, character, point of view or sense of purpose, there is no place else for this empty project to go.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Tribune
Howard the Duck
More adventure than humanly possible.
1986 · 1h 50m · PG
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Willard Huyck
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Howard the Duck
Overview
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet, but then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...
Director and cast
- Willard Huyck Director
- Lea Thompson as Beverly Switzler
- Jeffrey Jones as Dr. Walter Jenning
- Tim Robbins as Phil Blumburtt
- Ed Gale as Howard T. Duck
- Dominique Davalos as Cal, Cherry Bomb
- Chip Zien as Howard T. Duck (voice)
- Holly Robinson Peete as K.C., Cherry Bomb
- Tim Rose as Howard T. Duck
- Liz Sagal as Ronette, Cherry Bomb
- Steve Sleap as Howard T. Duck
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
13%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What can you say about a comedy in which the biggest laugh is in the end credits?
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Reservations aside, it's hard to fault the tongue-in-bill high spirits of a movie like Howard the Duck.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
For all those who cottoned to the charm of the comic books, the duck stops here.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
The movie is too scuzzy to beguile children, too infantile to appeal to adults.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
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