Howard the Duck

The infamous film version of Steve Gerbers intelligent, wise-cracking waterfowl from another world

An English-speaking duck from another planet is somehow transported to Cleveland, Ohio, where he befriends a rock group leader (Lea Thompson). She introduces him to her friend, a quirky lab assistant (Tim Robbins), to figure out what happened, but the situation is complicated when a doctor at the lab is possessed by a dark overlord of the universe (Jeffrey Jones).

"Howard the Duck" (1986) is the film version of Marvel Comics anthropomorphic waterfowl created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik with the Ducks first appearance being in Adventures into Fear #19 featuring the Man-Thing, which debuted in March, 1974 (cover dat...

It is so cool to hate on this isn't it? So I am giving it a 10, mainly because of all the folks that gave it a 1 to be in the in crowd...and partially because Lucas was right, it stood the test of time.

The cult following isn't because it's a bad movie, it's because it's a funny movie. Just because a midget is wearing a duck suit doesn't make it bad. Just because there is duck nudity doesn't make it bad.

I mean...we loved it with Team America. It was hysterical then. It's not funny in Howard because you are told not to laugh at it.

If you give it a chance it's well worth the admission, for jokes alone.