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In this film based on the comic book character, Howard the Duck is suddenly beamed from Duckworld, a planet of intelligent ducks with arms and legs, to Earth, where he lands in Cleveland. There he saves rocker Beverly (Lea Thompson) from thugs and forms a friendship with her. She introduces him to Phil (Tim Robbins), who works at a lab with scientist Dr. Jenning (Jeffrey Jones). When the doctor attempts to return Howard to his world, Jenning instead transfers an evil spirit into his own body.

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While it has its moments, Howard the Duck suffers from an uneven tone and mediocre performances.

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David Stratton

Sydney Morning Herald

There are a few good jokes along the way, but the final effect is that we've been here rather too many times before.

Dec 15, 2020

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Michael Shmith

The Age (Australia)

This creature with a mobile bill, scrawny body, and with a voice like Humphrey Bogart proves irritating beyond belief. Also, Howard has the glassy eyes of a doll and an artificiality that even his brusque, wise-quacking manner cannot quite conceal.

Dec 15, 2020

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David Robinson

Times (UK)

There must have been a terrible moment, many millions of collars into the production of Howard, when everyone realised it was not going to work either as comedy or thriller, as kid's stuff or sophisticated fore.

Dec 15, 2020

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

This was a bad movie when it was released. It is a bad movie today. And it will continue to be a bad movie long after this planet ceases to exist.

Rated: 1/4

May 6, 2024

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Avaryl Halley

Movie Bitches

I like this better than the Prequels. The choices are strong and wrong…I mean they storyboarded duck tits!!

Rated: 6/10

Apr 24, 2024

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Andrew Galdi

Movie Bitches

I honestly think if you rescored this movie you could improve it by 50%

Rated: 4.5/10

Apr 24, 2024

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Tyler S Ummmmmmmm, what can I say. Had a good amount of comedy, but even some of the jokes didn't feel right. I thought the plot idea was fine, but the fact that we have a duck as the protagonist made this feel odd. Many parts were just so uncomfortable. Definitely did not feel like a Marvel movie, but just a corny 80s flick. The ending was just weird. I guess the word I could use to describe this movie is "peculiar." This might be a spoiler, but seeing a duck and a human talk about sex might have been the weirdest thing I've seen in a movie. Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/24 Full Review Michael Patrick M Watched it in my late teens and enjoyed it then. No wonder I was still a virgin! Watching it for free on streaming nowadays seems like a price too high to pay. This color by the numbers film unfortunately seems to be the order of today's films from none other than the director of Schindler's List. Rated 0.5/5 Stars • Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Audience Member For the time this movie was made, I can remember watching "Howard The Duck" as a kid. I had so much enjoyment then, and now I still am glued to the screen. Only bad part about this movie is the "Over Acting" from when the Laser exploded in the beginning. Still top 10 movies for my (My opinion) Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/14/24 Full Review Lucifer M I know it’s bad….but so bad, it’s good to watch? Ehh sorta?! It has its moments, and it passes time. I’m sure today it would be done a hell of a lot better. James Gunn anyone? Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/09/24 Full Review Theo C The craziest film ive ever seen Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/24 Full Review Silas J Made it my mission to watch every single marvel movie just so I could properly declare this one as the worst... unshockingly it is. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Willard Huyck Director Lea Thompson Beverly Switzler Jeffrey Jones Dr. Walter Jenning Tim Robbins Phil Blumburtt Paul Guilfoyle Lieutenant Welker Liz Sagal Ronette

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