The Washington Post
You get the vivid sensation that you're watching not a movie, but a pile of money being poured down the drain.
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Howard the Duck
Howard the cigar-smoking humanoid Duck stars in this live-action feature film. Stranded on planet Earth, Howard must find a way back to his planet before opportunistic scientists capture him. Directed by Willard Huyck, Oscar-nominated writer of American Graffiti and Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom.
1986Rating: PG110 minsUSA
ComedyScience Fiction
- Director:
- Willard Huyck ('Best Defense', 'French Postcards')
- Cast:
- Lea ThompsonJeffrey JonesTim RobbinsEd Gale
Howard the Duck / Reviews
Associated Press
With live actors and a star duck that is not terribly convincing, the film just doesn't make it.
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The Times
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.
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The Age
This creature with a mobile bill, scrawny body, and with a voice like Humphrey Bogart proves irritating beyond belief.
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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.
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