Review of Howard the Duck (1986) by Jay Scott for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 26 Feb 2006
Howard the Duck, the movie, is as bad as you've heard. Actually, it's worse. But its failings as a film have overshadowed the frequently brilliant 1970s comic book that inspired it. Using only the most superficial elements of its source material while discarding most of what made the comic interesting, the film serves as a textbook example of how to turn something into nothing.
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This review of Howard the Duck (1986) was written by Jay Scott and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 26 Feb 2006.
Howard the Duck has generally received mixed reviews.
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