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Howard
Directed by
Don Hahn
PG
2018
1h 33m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
7.5
96%
6.8
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The story of songwriter Howard Ashman who penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991.
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Cast of Howard
Howard Ashman
Self / Various Character Scratch Singing (archive footage)
Alan Menken
Self / Various Character Scratch Singing / Original Music Composer
Bill Lauch
Self
Don Hahn
Self / Director / Producer
Sarah Gillespie
Self
Shirley Ashman
Self
Kyle Renick
Self
Nancy Parent
Self
Dennis Green
Self
Jodi Benson
Self / Ariel (voice) / Doria Hudson
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
Chris Montan
Self
Rob Minkoff
Self
Roger Allers
Self
Glen Keane
Self
Gary Trousdale
Self
Thomas Schumacher
Self
David Friedman
Self (archive footage)
Paige O'Hara
Self / Belle (archive footage)
Richard White
Self (archive footage)
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Howard Ratings & Reviews
FilmWeek (LAist)
Claudia Puig
I thought [director] Don Hahn did a beautiful job. You could really feel his affection for Howard. It's a moving and richly layered portrait.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Charles Solomon
His life was tragically cut short... The film made me cry.
rachelsreviews.net
Rachel Wagner
The documentary doesn't break the celebrity bio-doc mold but it's a must-watch for any Disney fan
Third Coast Review
Steven Prokopy
an unpolished look at Ashman's life and career that incorporates as vast wealth of never-before-scene archival footage from every stage of his short but very full life
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Mostly it will just make you hungry to revisit Ashman's work. That's perhaps not the intended result of this fond tribute/merely serviceable survey of a too-short career - but it's not necessarily a bad one.
Collider
Drew Taylor
Hahn chooses to focus on the entirety of the man, foibles and all. The shortcomings, the temper, the strive for ultimate perfection whether he reached it or not - that's what made Howard so special. And what makes Howard so special.
AV Club
Caroline Siede
If Hahn's filmmaking struggles to replicate the whimsical creativity of his subject, Ashman's genius shines through anyway.
CNET
Alex Navarro
The new Disney Plus documentary Howard honors the impressive career of legendary lyricist Howard Ashman, who wrote some of the most beloved Disney Animation songs ever.
Mashable
Brooke Bajgrowicz
Whether you're Disney-obsessed or not, you can get a lot out of Howard. If this film recognizes anything, it's that story - even in the context of a documentary - is what will keep the audience engaged.
Decider
John Serba
A compelling and worthwhile account of an influential gay man's creative triumphs and tragic death.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
There's little here that couldn't be divined from Ashman's Wikipedia article and it seems a shame that someone responsible for four such extraordinary movies should be given such an unremarkable cinematic biography.
Akron Beacon Journal
George M. Thomas
When a documentary delves into the life of an individual that has provided so much joy to film fans and animation in particular, it's difficult to find much with which to take issue.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
"Howard" serves as a fitting celebration of that life and career. It's a chance for those who knew him to pause and fondly look back, in a way that merely adds to an appreciation of the parade that he helped start.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
Not just a love letter to Ashman's extraordinary talent, but those who will not give up until a story has all of their own imagination, heart, and empathy.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
The Ashman story itself is the stuff of a Broadway musical. It just needed some music -- what's here is doled out in penurious and unsatisfying morsels.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
"Howard" is a film intimately aware that no celebration of a life can be uncoupled from the emptiness left in its wake.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A dazzling, deserved and long overdue tribute to Howard Ashman, the brilliant lyricist behind your favorite Disney tunes who was taken too soon by the Aids epidemic. This no-frills, no-bull doc makes you feel part of his extraordinary world.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Anyone who had the wit and the cheek to write the lyric "I use antlers in all of my decorating!" for the muscle-bound antagonist in "Beauty and the Beast" plainly deserves to have his story be told in a documentary.
Variety
Daniel D'Addario
Disney makes both a stirring, if not unexpected, case for his, and its own, legacy. It also introduces viewers, more fully than skeptics of the studiously family-friendly corporation might expect, to Ashman.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
A rich cinematic portrait.
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