How was the critical reception of the cult movie titled “Howard the Duck”?”
The film was widely panned and was a U.S. box office bomb. In his Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin calls the film a “hopeless mess of a movie… Gargantuan production produces gargantuan headache”. The film was also among Siskel and Ebert’s picks for the “Worst Films of 1986”. The Nostalgia Critic also gave a highly negative review to this movie. However, it is also regarded as one of the 1980s Classic Cult Film Favorites. (Ref URL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_%28film%29) Ahhh, nostalgia. I remember being a kid in the 80s, watching this flick, and never once being cognizant of the rotten egg that this film laid upon its release. I just remember thinking Howard is kinda badass (not that I said “badass” as a kid). He was my size yet he was doing adult things. How cool is that? As I got older, and became more aware of such concepts as box office draw and critical reviews, you could imagine the
Howard the Duck (also known as Howard: A New Breed of Hero in Europe), is a 1986 live-action film produced by Lucasfilm and Universal Pictures, directed by Willard Huyck from a script by Huyck and his wife, Gloria Katz. It stars Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, and Tim Robbins, with midget Ed Gale and voiceover artist Chip Zien portraying Howard. Inspired by the Marvel Comics characters Howard the Duck and Beverly Switzler, created by Steve Gerber, it is the first Marvel Comics film adaptation to receive a wide theatrical release in American theaters. Often appearing on lists of the cinema’s most negatively reviewed films, the movie went on to win four Razzies – Worst Picture, New Star, Visual Effects, and Screenplay. However, it later gain a cult following among Lucas fans which resulted in its American DVD release on March 10, 2009. The film was widely panned and was a U.S. box office bomb. In his Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin calls the film a “hopeless mess of a movie… Gargantuan produc
The film was widely panned and was a U.S. box office bomb. In his Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin calls the film a “hopeless mess of a movie… Gargantuan production produces gargantuan headache”. The film was also among Siskel and Ebert’s picks for the “Worst Films of 1986”. The Nostalgia Critic also gave a highly negative review to this movie. However, it is also regarded as one of the 1980s Classic Cult Film Favorites.
