Howard the Duck
More adventure than humanly possible.
More adventure than humanly possible.
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
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1986
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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...
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
1 Aug 1986
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$37,000,000
Revenue:
$38,000,000
Awards:
5 wins & 4 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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,
9 Jul 2014
rotten:
What can you say about a comedy in which the biggest laugh is in the end credits?
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
9 Jul 2014
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,
9 Jul 2014
rotten:
For all those who cottoned to the charm of the comic books, the duck stops here.
– Sheila Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jul 2014
rotten:
The movie is too scuzzy to beguile children, too infantile to appeal to adults.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
9 Jul 2014