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Howard the Duck
1986
· Movie
· 110 min
F
MEANRANK
43/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #5684
- IMDb #5658
- Google retired #2844
- Rotten Tomatoes #4888
- Metacritic #4959
- Letterboxd #5619
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5305
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4659
- Metacritic Critics #4838
- Metacritic Audience #4779
- Criticker #4052
- Kinopoisk #5375
- AlloCiné #4923
- Trakt #5031
Every rating
14–78
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 14, highest is Google on 78. Critics average 21, everyone else 48.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A sarcastic humanoid duck from a planet of ducks is accidentally transported to Earth by a scientific experiment. He lands in Cleveland and must adapt to life on our planet. He becomes embroiled in a plot by a sinister alien entity to take over the world, forcing him to become an unlikely hero.
Details
- Director
- Willard Huyck
- Writers
- Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
- Studio
- Lucasfilm Ltd., Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1 August 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $37.0M
- Box office
- $38.0M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →5 wins from 9 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Golden Raspberry Awards (1989) 1989 | Worst Picture of the Decade | Nominee | |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (1986) 1986 | Worst Director | Willard Huyck | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (1986) 1986 | Worst Supporting Actor | Tim Robbins | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (1986) 1986 | Worst Screenplay | Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz ; Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Steve Gerber | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (1986) 1986 | Worst New Star | The six guys and gals in the duck suit | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (1986) 1986 | Worst Original Song | "Howard the Duck" Music and Lyrics by Thomas Dolby, Allee Willis and George Clinton | Nominee |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (1986) 1986 | Worst Visual Effects | Industrial Light and Magic | Winner |
| Golden Raspberry Awards (1986) 1986 | Worst Picture | Gloria Katz | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Golden Raspberry Awards (1986)
7 nominations, 4 won
| Worst New Star | The six guys and gals in the duck suit | Winner |
| Worst Picture | Gloria Katz | Winner |
| Worst Screenplay | Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz ; Based on the Marvel Comics character created by Steve Gerber | Winner |
| Worst Visual Effects | Industrial Light and Magic | Winner |
| Worst Director | Willard Huyck | Nominee |
| Worst Original Song | "Howard the Duck" Music and Lyrics by Thomas Dolby, Allee Willis and George Clinton | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actor | Tim Robbins | Nominee |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Worst Picture | Gloria Katz | Winner |
Golden Raspberry Awards (1989)
1 nomination
| Worst Picture of the Decade | Nominee |