Film1986110 min

Howard the Duck

Name: Howard the Duck
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Released: 1986
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins, Ed Gale, Holly Robinson Peete

Taste attributes: comedyfantasyscience fictionactionadventuremonster/alien/supernaturalanimalsfastlightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemanding

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"You will believe that a duck can talk."

Boxlist takeAn otherworldly sci-fi film that is expansive, polished and breakneck. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.4 /10

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Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Balanced originality, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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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