Movie Review: Howard The Duck (1986)
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Starring: Lea Thompson, Jeffry Jones,Tim Robbins, & Chip Zien
Director: Willard Huyck
Writer(s): Willard Huyck & Steve Gerber
Rating: PG
Official Bar Score: 
Based on a comic book Howard the duck tells the tale of parallel universe much like Earth except instead of humans its inhabited by ducks, walking talking ducks. Howard gets sucked out of his world and brought to ours by some scientific freak accident while testing a laser. He lands in Cleveland and hooks up a local rock band, and saves their singer Beverley from a group of thugs. The two of them hook up with a couple of scientist and try to figure out how to get him home. After a retest of the laser brings something else back from outer space Howard and his friends must stop this alien to save the world.
This film is awesome, its a little to crude for children but perfect for childish adults such like myself. Plus Lea Thompson was really hot in the 80’s, I especially liked the seeing her in her little pink panties even though she was making out with a duck I still felt strangely aroused. Tim Robbins was a big dork in this as well but I really dug his character, Philsy was the man. Howard was just your typical smart ass duck, with a great since of humor and mad duck-fu skills. I liked the dark overlords of the universe the best they looked friggin crazy.
They just don’t make movies like this anymore and that is a problem in my book. This is one of those films that you see when your young and love it, and can watch it again when your older and love it. Time as changed so much, and the industry has changed with all the cg and special effects its hard to look back and honor a film like “Howard The Duck”. For it’s time the effects where outstanding. This film is definately a classic and has stood the tests of time. It has something for everyone, great story, great cast and a fowl mouth fowl to top it off. If you haven’t seen this film, or have and haven’t watched it in a while I really think you should.
Upon watching again I caught a lot of the jokes better, and noticed a lot more of the film. I think that everyone can learn a valuable lesson from Howard, when life yanks you out of your world by a laser beam and sucks you into a completely different planet and you have no one and no where to go all you have to do is find the hottest female you can and start a rock band.The new kid always gets laid.
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blast from the past just kicked my ass wow i forgot about this shitty yet fun flick
great review. we have to be the only site that proudly plays the howard the duck theme song. that’s fuckin awesome.
Another worthless movie, another “classic status”. I bet Juno was better than this movie.
I wouldn’t go as far as to call the movie worthless. If I recall correctly it was funny as shit. And Lea Thompson was a fine motherfucker back in the day. When you are 6 and you see her walking around in her underwear… I dunno, I thought it was classic back then. I’m gonna have to watch it again.
That’s why the bar is special though. Every other website has it ranked as one of the worst movies of all time, if not THE worst. But here at the bar………….
Every other website is run by followers. We do whatever the fuck we want.
Classic might be a bit much though.
Here you go Wendell, check out the name of this site!!
http://www.badmovies.org/movies/howardduck/
what the fuck dave you go to the rivals triator blasphemer unclean whore of a dog may you rot in hell till the children of god return to zion wait what the fuck did i just say sorry sugars low surff on dave surff on
Superdave it appears that the link you sent me too favors the film, sorry buddy. Winston don’t jump on the band wagon you spoke highly of this movie, and now you bow down. It is definitely a CLASSIC, a fucking midget in a duck suit that drinks beer and hits on hot human chicks, come on. Sure its cheesy but its supposed to be, you are an idiot who doesn’t recognize great films when you see them.
Matt - not sure what you were saying, but I believe I am offended.
Dave - Gotta agree with Wendell on the link, despite the title of the site. Wendell and I both like it BECAUSE of the things that would make you consider it a bad movie.
Wendell - I’m not jumping on the bandwagon, I defended you before and I stand by that. But I’m just saying classic may be a stretch. Plus, George Lucas made it. Fuck a Lucas.