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Seen on: 06/04/2011 (rewatch)

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Howard the Duck (1986)

Directed by Willard Huyck

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Most recently watched by sensoria, sleestakk

Overview

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…

Rated PG | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Tim Robbins | Paul Guilfoyle | Lea Thompson | Ed Gale | Jeffrey Jones | Richard Edson | Tommy Swerdlow | Debbie Lee Carrington | David Paymer | Miguel Sandoval | Nancy Fish | James Lashly | Richard McGonagle | Virginia Capers | John Fleck | Chip Zien | Kristopher Logan | Miles Chapin | Wood Moy | Paul Comi | Holly Robinson Peete | Dominique Davalos | Liz Sagal | Sheldon Feldner | William Hall | Brandon Erickson

Viewing Notes

I decided to finally introduce my kids to Howard The Duck this weekend. I hadn’t watched it since I saw it in the theater back in the day, when it was a flop.

I gotta be honest, I really enjoy this movie. I still can’t believe it ever got MADE, but I do enjoy it. I find it funny that this was Lea Thompson’s next role after her breakout film, Back to the Future. Probably not a good career choice for her!

I was surprised to see Tim Robbins in this, as I didn’t recall him from when I watched it in 1986. Even funnier is that his acting here is completely, awkwardly, over-the-top. There is really no hint of the good actor he would eventually become, which makes his performance more enjoyable to watch now than it was back then.

Jeffrey Jones does a freaking GREAT job as Dr. Walter Jenning though, especially the scenes where he’s transforming into, and then possessed by some sort of other dimensional demon. Just awesome stuff, right up there with Ghostbusters, etc.

My kids really liked the movie, though some of the sexual overtones were on the edge of embarrassing for them. Speaking of sex, Lea Thompson is downright hot in this movie! If it weren’t for the fact there was a three foot tall duck in bed with her during her almost-sex scene, it would have been, um, sexy. Considering some of the sex stuff, including at least three Lea Thompson upskirts, I still find it funny that this movie is rated PG. Ah, the good old days.

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