3.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Howard the Duck (1986)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 3.6
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...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
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...
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict, an alien's displacement and the fight against an external, existential threat, is largely apolitical. Its resolution emphasizes individual heroism and ingenuity rather than promoting specific political ideologies or critiquing societal structures from a partisan viewpoint.
The movie features traditional casting with a predominantly white main human cast and does not incorporate explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without any significant critique or explicit integration of DEI themes.
Secondary
Howard the Duck does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's plot and character arcs are entirely devoid of content related to queer identity, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
Howard the Duck (1986) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The film's narrative centers on an alien duck's accidental arrival on Earth and his efforts to return home while battling an interdimensional entity, without engaging with transgender identity in any capacity.
The film features Beverly Switzler as the main female character. While she is present during action sequences and moments of peril, she does not engage in or win direct physical combat against male opponents. Her role is not that of a combatant.
The film adapts characters such as Howard the Duck and Beverly Switzler from Marvel Comics, maintaining their established genders. No characters originally established as one gender in the source material are portrayed as a different gender in the film.
The film's main character, Howard, is an anthropomorphic duck, not a human race. The human characters either match their established comic book race or are original to the film, with no instances of a character's race being changed from source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
4.8
5.4
Critic Ratings
1.3
2.8
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