Willow received a score of 5.6/10 on Rotten Tomatoes after August 2018 .
As of November 2018 , based on 32 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes , 53 % of the critics gave the film a positive review with an average score of 5.6/10.Janet Maslin from The New York Times praised Lucas 's storytelling , but was critical of Ron Howard 's direction. ``