Die Addams Family in verrückter Tradition (1993) Online

1993 Anjelica Huston Raul Julia Christopher Lloyd Barry Sonnenfeld

Original Title :: Addams Family Values
Genre :: Movie / Comedy / Fantasy
Year :: 1993
Directror :: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast :: Anjelica Huston,Raul Julia,Christopher Lloyd
Writer :: Charles Addams,Paul Rudnick
Budget :: $47,000,000
Type :: Movie
Time :: 1h 34min
Rating :: 6.7/10

The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie.

Die Addams Family in verrückter Tradition (1993) Online

When an adorable baby boy is added to the Addams household, Wednesday and Pugsley do not hate the baby, they just aren't necessarily excited about his existence. Ok, yeah they do hate the baby. So Wednesday and Pugsley must get rid of the new addition one way or another. Meanwhile a new nanny is added to the household who overtakes Fester. The Addams must stop the nanny, but how?

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Anjelica Huston	-	Morticia Addams
	Raul Julia	-	Gomez Addams
	Christopher Lloyd	-	Uncle Fester Addams
	Joan Cusack	-	Debbie Jellinsky
	Christina Ricci	-	Wednesday Addams
	Carol Kane	-	Granny
	Jimmy Workman	-	Pugsley Addams
	Kaitlyn Hooper	-	Pubert Addams
	Kristen Hooper	-	Pubert Addams
	Carel Struycken	-	Lurch
	David Krumholtz	-	Joel Glicker
	Christopher Hart	-	Thing
	Dana Ivey	-	Margaret Addams
	Peter MacNicol	-	Gary Granger
	Christine Baranski	-	Becky Martin-Granger

Adding more than just make-up to the character, Morticia Addams is always lit separately from everyone else in a scene. Her lighting always consists of one beam of light across her eyes that gradually fades outward to enhance her classic look.

(At around fifty-six minutes) Nathan Lane has a cameo as a police officer. He portrayed Gomez Addams in the 2010 Broadway musical version of "The Addams Family".

The baby's name, Pubert, was the name originally suggested (and rejected) for Pugsley by Charles Addams when he was asked by the producers of Die Addams Family (1964) to name the hitherto unnamed characters in his cartoons.

Carol Kane, who plays Grandmama, is almost a year younger than Anjelica Huston, who plays her daughter, Morticia Addams.

Wednesday and Pugsley's old-fashioned swimsuits are Victorian styles, circa the late 1800s to early 1900s (Victorian era). In fact, throughout the film, numerous references and styles from the Victorian era are seen in the Addams household. The modest black clothes, towering house and the decor are all from the Victorian and Edwardian era. The family has very few modern items or fixtures in the household (we see Debbie watching television).

The character of Pubert Addams (a boy) was played by twin girls, Kaitlyn Hooper and Kristen Hooper.

Wednesday bitterly quips that "Chippewa" in Camp Chippewa means "orphan". This is pure sarcasm; Chippewa is actually a form of the name Ojibwa (a Native American nation), the original meaning "first nation".

The song Lurch plays at Fester's wedding is "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof.

While being brainwashed at camp, one of the films that Wednesday and Pugsley are made to watch is the musical Annie (1982), directed by Anjelica Huston's father, John Huston. That film also featured Tim Curry, who played Gomez Adams in Addams Family - Und die lieben Verwandten (1998).

After the bachelor party, Gomez is seen making a bottle for Pubert with strange ingredients, such as Worcestershire Sauce and a raw egg. This is an old hangover remedy sometimes referred to as "Hair of the Dog", although "hair of the dog" can also refer to drinking the same beverage that got you drunk the night before. Gomez then gives the bottle to Pubert and says "Hair of the Pup". Pubert is wearing sunglasses, implying a hangover.

Michael Jackson was signed on to write and perform a song for the film's soundtrack, and to promote it with a video. Although he was able to finish the song, contractual difficulties, coupled with the child molestation allegations made against Jackson, resulted in the song being dropped from the soundtrack, and the video was never filmed. The song, "Is It Scary", was later included on Jackson's 1997 "Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix" album, and was also used in his short film Ghosts (1997).

Anjelica Huston's eyes were always illuminated in every scene. That was also done to Faye Dunaway in Meine liebe Rabenmutter (1981).

Not only is Gary's play "puerile and under-dramatized" (as Wednesday puts it), it's historically inaccurate. The Chippewa are from the Midwest. Pocahontas was a Powhatan, a tribe indigenous to Virginia. Neither she nor the Chippewa would've been present at the first Thanksgiving. Also, by 1621 (the first Thanksgiving), Pocahontas had already married John Rolfe, moved to England, and died.

David Krumholtz's character says at one point he has every card for his Serial Killer Card Collections "except Jack the Ripper and that Zodiac Guy." Jack the Ripper and The Zodiac Killer are the real world's most famous uncaught serial killers.

In the television series, Fester is Morticia's uncle. In the films, however, Fester is Gomez's brother.

A young Cynthia Nixon, most commonly known for her role as Miranda of Sex and the City (1998) appears briefly as an applicant for the nanny position early in the movie.

The Thanksgiving play took two weeks to film.

When Fester announces his engagement, Morticia makes an overt reference to the ring worn by Debbie being the same one in which Fester's grandmother was buried. Debbie slyly whips out a shovel, adding a literal component to her character's "golddigger" status.

Mercedes McNab (Amanda Buckman) appeared in The Addams Family (1991) as a Girl Scout.

The mentioning of Debbie's axe-murder of her second husband (and Grandmama's nostalgic sigh when she sees the slide) is a reference to the Addams family's having many ancestors and past cronies who were infamous serial killers, such as Zodiac, The Axeman, Jack the Ripper, et cetera. Wednesday and Pugsley's geeky summer camp pal (David Krumholtz) has a card collection of serial killers.

When Joel is showing Wednesday and Pugsley his "Serial Killers and Schizos" cards, the cards in his hand besides The Black Widow are James Earl Ray, (barely visible) David Berkowitz and Lizzie Borden; Pugsley then reveals his Amy Fischer card (misspelled; should have been Fisher). Christina Ricci (Wednesday) later played Lizzie Borden in Lizzie Borden (2014), and The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015). Lizzie Borden was tried and found not guilty of the murders. Yet despite this, and the fact that a known violent ex-con was seen hanging around the house at the time of the murders, and subsequently disappeared, many still believe that Lizzie was guilty. Amy Fisher shot and wounded, not killed, one person, and never was suspected of mental illness, so she is not a serial killer, nor a schizo.

The handgun Debbie points at Fester is a Magnum Research Desert Eagle .50 caliber AE. In real life this is one of the largest and most powerful pistols in production.

Director Barry Sonnenfeld makes a cameo as Mr. Glicker, (Joel's dad).

If you pay attention closely, you can see that the Addams' house has a different design, both exterior and interior.

Christopher Lloyd, David Krumholtz, and Peter MacNicol appeared in Numb3rs - Die Logik des Verbrechens (2005).

The notion of the Addams Family children going to camp is an old one. In the August 30, 1947 issue of The New Yorker, Charles Addams' single-panel cartoon (on which the television series and films are based) depicts the kids' return home from camp--in small pet-carriers by express delivery.

The song that Gomez and Morticia dance the tango to while on a double date with Fester and Debbie is a rendition of the original Addams Family theme song composed by Hollywood film and television composer Vic Mizzy

When Gomez and Morticia and Joel and Wednesday call one another "cara mia" and "mon cher," they are saying the same thing in different languages. "Cara mia" is the feminine form of "my darling" in Italian and "mon cher" is the masculine form of "my darling" in French.

When Fester calls Debbie "mon cher," it's grammatically incorrect, as "mon cher" is the masculine form of "my dear" in French. What he should have said was, "ma chère," which is "my dear" in the feminine form.

Anjelica Huston and Christopher Lloyd both appeared in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and The Addams Family (1991).

In the television show, Gomez plays an attorney. In the movie, when the baby turns blonde and is said to be possessed, they are repulsed by the idea that he will grow to be too normal, as a lawyer.

David Krumholtz played head elf Bernard in Santa Clause - Eine schöne Bescherung (1994) and The Santa Clause 2 (2002) with Tim Allen. Joan Cusack (Debbie), Sam McMurray (Becky Buckman's father Don), Kaitlyn Hooper, and Kristen Hooper (who both played Pubert) acted along side Tim Allen as well. McMurray and the Hooper Twins had guest spots on Hör' mal, wer da hämmert (1991). Cusack played Jessie in the Toy Story film franchise with Allen. Tony Shalhoub (Jorge the sailor in the "Macho Man" scene) starred alongside Allen in Galaxy Quest - Planlos durchs Weltall (1999).

Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.

Christine Baranski, Nathan Lane, and David Krumholtz in Hilfe! Jeder ist der Größte (1993).

The license plates on Debbie's two cars (a Lincoln Town Car and a Mercedes-Benz SL) read "New York - A Nice State". They are a fictional design, the license plate slogan for New York is "The Empire State" (although this was absent from New York plates during the period this film was made), and the real design at the time consisted of blue lettering on a white background framed with two horizontal red stripes, with an image of the Statue of Liberty outlined in red. The plates in the film use green lettering on a white background surrounded by a green border (with no Statue of Liberty).

Trailer narrated by Percy Rodrigues.

Twenty years after this movie was released, it was revealed that Christina Ricci didn't like kissing David Krumholtz. During filming, she kept complaining that he had a peach fuzz on his upper lip. She didn't like that.

Near the end of the film, when Uncle Fester meets Dementia (his love interest), he says "Dementia, what a beautiful name." This is very similar to what Doc Emmett Brown says in Zurück in die Zukunft III (1990) when he meets Clara (his love interest), "Clara, what a beautiful name." Christopher Lloyd played both roles.

The ending, where "Debbie's" hand grabs Joel's elbow, is a reference to the movie Carrie: Des Satans jüngste Tochter (1976), when Sue has a nightmare where Carrie's hand grabs her elbow while visiting her grave.

When Debbie has the Addams' held captive and is "monologuing", she mentions that she murdered her parents for buying her a Malibu Barbie instead of a Ballerina Barbie. The design for the original Malibu Barbie is rumored to be inspired by actress Sharon Tate prior to her death at the hands of the Manson Family.

User reviews

Kitaxe

One of my favorite films. Paul Rudnick clearly had a field day writing this screenplay.

As odd as it may seem, this sequel is in many ways superior to its predecessor. The first had to spend much of its time introducing the Family--and, just as importantly, paying (totally justified) homage to Charles Addams' brilliant cartoons and to the old television series. As a result, the plot felt forced, as if it had been the best way the writers could think of to showcase all the source material. In the end, one left the theater feeling that the movie had been 'about' the old sight gags. And then there was the totally shameless product placement...but I digress.

Addams Family Values, on the other hand, gets to be more playful. Because we all know who we're dealing with by now, we don't have to spend nearly so much time introducing the family and their skewed universe. Instead, the characters get more of a chance to develop as they glide blithely through a fuller, more cohesive story.

Paul Rudnick's screenplay is masterful--you'll be quoting from it for weeks. Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston are particularly marvelous as one of the most genuinely loving, passionate couples you've seen in ages. In a weird sort of way.

That dance number! Morticia's ever-present shaft of light! Christina Ricci as the sublime Wednesday! Joan Cusack, unhinged! A split-second cameo by Charles Busch! Oh, rapture. I could go on and on, but I'm running out of superlatives. Suffice it to say that this movie is well worth your time.

Kann

Usually I don't like horror comedies and I hate mainstream movies,but "Addams Family Values" completely cracked me up.It was so immensely enjoyable and funny as hell!Especially the first Thanksgiving Day performance,where Wednesday Addams(Christina Ricci)as a Pocahontas,and other Indians took a revenge on American colonists-I almost cried with laughter during that scene!I wonder what Americans think about it?As for Christina Ricci,she simply steals the show in this one!I'm looking forward to see this talented,young actress in more movies.The other actors are also excellent,and the film is filled with wonderful touches of black humour.Highly recommended.

Xtintisha

This is a film with several excellent performances, but that of Christina "Wednesday" Ricci is near perfect. The reluctant smile outside the "harmony hut" is Oscar material. And Christina as Pocahantas is the very definition of "cute".

Of the others, Joan Cusack also stands out. I doubt anyone else could play the part of "the black widow" quite as well, with just the right mix of sleaze and slapstick. Her deranged laughter alone is worth half the rental fee.

It may not be a classic but it is solid entertainment, with few if any weak passages. Go and see it!

Armin

Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) takes a zany script written by Paul Rudnick (Jeffrey, In and Out) and directs with an exhilarating rhythm to tell the tale of Uncle Fester's marriage to a suspicious young nanny (Joan Cusack) and its effect on the Addams family.

All the actors are absolutely wonderful but Cusack steals the movie with a gleefully nasty turn as the murderous Debbie. Her without-peer comedic talent is more strongly showcased here -watch the scene when Debbie sits in a car waiting for a house to explode- than in her award winning role as Kevin Kline's jilted bride in In and Out. Angelica Huston and Raoul Julia are magnetic in dramatic roles but they also have sensational comic timing and their Morticia and Gomez make a memorable dark-humored pair, most notably in the scenes where the sexual innuendo takes a front-row seat. Peter MacNichol (Ally McBeal) and Christine Baranski (The Ref) have a ball as the irritating summer camp counslers and Christina Ricci will probably never top her performance as Wednesday.

It's a guilty pleasure and a fun ride, zipping by in an hour and a half and also features a hilarious cameo by Peter Graves (Airplane). Check it out!

Nikojas

This film is one of those rare gems, a sequel that is as good as, or even better than the original.

Christina Ricci fulfills all the promise that she showed in the first film, as she really steals the film from her more established co-stars.

The scenes at camp produce some of the best one-liners, and it is great to see an American film that is self-mocking about its image concious rich societies. Lines from Ricci like " Is that your overbite?" and "When they woke up all their old noses had grown back!" are superb and will be much loved in the UK, as it is how much of the States is perceived over here.

Also, Amanda in this movie, is also played by the same girl who played the Girl Scout in the first movie.

Add a little bit of romance between Wednesday and another kid at the camp and you have something for everyone in this wonderfully funny and worryingly endearing movie.

Mr_Mole

The Addams family just got a little stranger with the addition of a new baby boy. However with the new arrival, Wednesday and Pugsley become isolated and try to kill little Pubert. With all this squabbling, Morticia sounds gets tired and seeks help from a nanny. After many failures, they settle on the sparky Debbie although Wednesday has her suspicions. These suspicions seem to be justified whenever Debbie convinces Morticia and Gomez to send their children away to a summer camp and then marry Uncle Fester a man so repulsive that love cannot be the reason.

Many films wheel out sequels by simply adding something to the original film; often it is a child and often it doesn't work. However with this film the child is not the focus but a plot device for bringing in a nanny who in turn splits the plot. The result is a solid plot that basically retreads the mood and humour of the original film which, for fans, is not a bad thing at all. For me I enjoy the dark world of the modern Addams family and felt that the plot did enough to be more than just the frame for it. The silly dark humour works well and it produced many laughs while also achieving a consistent humorous tone. I can understand why some people don't like it because it is the sort of thing you really need to "get" and I "got" it; also slightly more uptight parents may not like the examples set their kids in the film (but f**k 'em if they can't take a joke).

The cast are a major factor in the humour working. Although Fester is the focus of the film, Julia is still a real joy and his chemistry with Huston is really enjoyable and they make their lines work well. Lloyd is a perfect Fester and he is consistently funny. Cusack makes the most of her role and she fits in well with the tone of the film. Ricci yet again steals the film and her deadpan delivery is funny across the whole film. The support cast have lots of cameos and smaller roles and it is fun without being distracting to watch the faces including Kane, MacNicol, Pierce, Shalhoub, Lane and Sonnenfeld himself.

Overall, if you enjoyed the first film then you'll like this, and vice versa. Personally I enjoy the darkly comic tone and consistent laughs that it produced, while the good performances across the board raise the material and provide some real joys in Julia and Ricci.

Togar

Almost everybody who was in the original "The Addams Family" returns to reprise their roles in this sequel which is actually better than the first film. The laughs come at a faster and better pace and Joan Cusack makes a delightfully sinister villain who masquerades as a nanny, marries Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd), and wants to get her hands on the Addams Family riches. It's up too all of the Addams along with new arrival Baby Pubert to stop her. Thing and Cousin Itt are also along for the ride once again.

kinder

It's a pleasant surprise to see sequel live up to the original. All the actors are great, particularly Raul Julia and Christopher Lloyd. Oh, can not forget Anjelica Huston. Sequels rarely live up to their predecessor and that's what makes this movie so special. Filled with humor, Values is highly recommended for all.

Domarivip

She's a pleasant young woman who always dresses in light colors and has a demeanor that would win you over. That is, until you find out that she's been responsible for the deaths of several other people and is after your fortune like her life depends on it.

This is Debbie Jelinsky, and her life story reads like something out of "East of Eden" in which the main heroine did some unspeakable things to everyone who came in touch with her, including and beginning with her parents. She's been assigned to take care of the Addams children because as of late they've taken a homicidal interest in their youngest brother Pubert and no other nanny seems able to handle their recklessness. Of course, no one realizes that she's after Uncle Fester and his money, and in the Addams' world, watching television is not a priority, because had they tuned in to watch "American's Most Disgusting Criminals", they would have found quite a lot about her.

ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES is one of those rare sequels that while being practically the same movie (with a plot revolving around Uncle Fester and his fortune which could, under the wrong hands, affect the entire Addams family), redone with a different villainess, is actually better than the original. The tone is much darker still: Wednesday's sadistic side, subdued in the first film, comes full bloom like her own entrance into young womanhood, and Joan Cusack, while looking quite a lot like Marilyn Munster from the rival series "The Munsters", is by far the ugliest character in the story. Had this been a mainstream drama or suspense thriller her black widow tendencies would have been a little much to bear, but Cusack plays her villainy to the hilt and overshadows Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia who are even better and make one of the screen's best romantic couples of all time (despite their dark makeup).

The last adaptation made for the big screen, Charles Addams' characters would move to the small screen in a new version of the 1960s show and a TV movie, neither very successful.

Vital Beast

The Addams Family movie is great fun with dark humor and a great environment that is pretty original. I have watched this movie tons of times and I never get bored, I mean everything in this movie is enjoyable from the performances from Julia and the rest of the great cast (Ricci is great as Wednesday especially) to the dark, gloomy environment and soundtrack. This movie has a lot of laugh out loud moments in my opinion, while other scenes have a lot of stylish qualities that add up to the value of this movie. For my it is a very well done movie that gives justice to the Addams Family TV show that many people are followers of. 10 out of 10.

Uaoteowi

They are just the greatest bunch ever! And I love how they added a baby to the family. They should have had Pubert in the old TV series before. It kinda of reminds me of "Rugrats", the show was more better with a new baby around, like baby Dil. I love how Wednesday and Pugsley torture other people and made sure nobody messes with them. Or to even dare! 0_0 And Joan Cusack playing the innocent-acting villain was gold. I think she's a better actress than her actor brother, John, would ever hope to achieve. Addams Family Values is on the list of my top favored movies of all time. I just miss Christina Ricci as a teenager. Anyways, love the movie, peace out!

Āłł_Ÿøūrš

"Addams Family Values" accomplishes what "The Godfather, Part II" did: it equals, if not outdoes, the original. In this case, Morticia (Anjelica Huston) has a baby - whom they name Pubert (you read that right), Fester (Christopher Lloyd) marries nanny Debbie Jellinsky (Joan Cusack) and Gomez (Raul Julia) decides that Wednesday and Pugsley should spend the summer at a camp.

The best parts of the movie are the scenes at the camp. Run by airheads Gary (Peter MacNicol) and Becky Granger (Christine Baranski), the whole camp is an excuse for airhead rich white kids to act nice to each other and perform a play about the original Thanksgiving. If there are any ethnic people...well, they can be dealt with. But that's all going to change now that Wednesday and Pugsley have arrived.

Anyway, "Addams Family Values" is a movie that everyone should see. I certainly recommend it to everyone. You just never stop laughing, especially when you hear what Fester says after Debbie gives him a present.

Juce

OK, there are just two ways about this movie. If the humor is not your cup of tea, then you should best give it a miss. If, however, it is, and in my case, it very definitely is, then you are in for a treat. Addams Family Values and the prequel are both movies that I love and greatly enjoy no matter how often I see them. The acting is brilliant, the decorations are perfect, the script is very funny; and it seems that Barry Sonnenfeld was born to direct Addams Family films. The movie is also very realistic: I can attest to that on account of having worked as a counselor in a summer camp once, my nearly nearly identical family life, and -- admit it, guys -- haven't we all had, at some point in our life, a Fester Addams - Debbie Jellinsky - type of relationship?

Gir

As it turns out, there are a lot of people who don't like this movie, for one reason or another. In any case, it's not just a movie that can be totally dismissed. It was possibly even a little better than its predecessor... which is still just a step down in quality from the brilliant original sitcom.

This film almost has a quality of Tim Burton creepiness to it, but you won't find his name anywhere on it. The new plot line is not as good as that of the original movie, because it deals with Uncle Fester's integrity when that should never be a problem. However, I think this film's saving graces can be found in the Camp Chippewa scenes ("I am a turkey! Kill me!") and in Carol Kane's turn as Grandmama ("Just a curse. Have a nice day.") It's really impossible to dwell on the other aspects of the movie, so I hope you'll decide to give AFV the chance it deserves.

IGOT

ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES is a rare gem of a sequel that surpasses its original in every way possible. The original ADDAMS FAMILY movie had a horribly thin plot and stupid one-liners...but who cared...it had stunning cinematography and and set design! Well, the sequel is less showy with its art direction and focuses more on making us laugh. The screenplay was written by Paul Rudnick, who is the Messiah of One-liners. His script has a wickedly dark sense of humor thats just irresistible. Angelica Huston and Raul Julia are more sensual than ever. Christina Ricci is superb as Wednesday; she brings the perfect sense of melancholy and dryness to her character. My favorite performace though was Joan Cusack, as the diabolical nanny Debbie. She is just a blast to watch as a gold-digging psycho killer who wants Uncle Fester's money. I loved how this movie satirizes the white upper class, which is a perfect contrast to the Addamses themselves. This is one hilarious movie.

Eng.Men

Good follow up to 1991 hit with the Addams welcoming a new member to the family. They then hire a greedy nanny who targets Uncle Fester. Effects are still fantastic and the laughs are constant once again. Sonnenfeld directed again.

Low_Skill_But_Happy_Deagle

Just the title of this movie tells you that "family values" are going to be trashed. It plays up evil, as opposed to goodness, but most of it is strictly to get laughs. In all, it's a funny sequel to the first Adams Family film, very inventive and slightly more entertaining than the first film.

The special effects aren't the only highlight of this comedy. You expect that from this kind of story, but I was pleasantly surprised how much the sound added to the entertainment, especially n the first half of the film.

The first half is better all-around because the second half has touches of mean- spiritedness entering the picture, not just humor. The message that evil is cool and wholesomeness is stupid gets carried away and is overdone. Yes, the camp counselors are very funny but too stupid as the filmmakers use them to bad-mouth good values.

That's basically the message from today's filmmakers: evil is good and good is evil. Wrap that up in a good comedy and your message gets accepted more readily. Too bad they got carried away because this movie has many funny scenes.

Zulkigis

They're creepy and they're kooky, Mysterious and spooky, they're all together ooky, the Addams Family. Directed by Barry Sonnenfled, the Addams Family Values is the sequel to the 1991 American dark comedy film, The Addams Family. The success of the first movie was what inspired a trend of film adaptations of TV series throughout The Nineties. So, it was no surprise that a sequel was greenlighted. Based on the characters from the cartoon of the same name created by cartoonist Charles Addams. 'The Addams Family' film series paint their characters as much more macabre than the 1960 TV show sitcom, playing off as light dark humor. Often a nostalgia cult follow brand, the movie saw the return of many of the cast members from the original 1991 film. The movie has the same plot of the first movie. Instead, of a gold digger mother trying to manipulate Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) to get to the family money, we get a gold digger murderous wife, Debbie Jellinsky (Joan Cusack) trying to do the same. The movie tends to focus more on Uncle Fester than ever in this film, as characters like Gomez (Raúl Juliá) and Morticia Addams (Anjelica Huston) are given, nothing much to do. Raul Julia really gives some good hammy one-liners to make up for that time. I love how they shot Morticia on the camera. Her lighting always consists of one beam of light across her eyes that gradually fades outward to add to her grim look. She is so beautiful in the film. She is equaling as funny as Raul Julia. I love the oddly place dance number. It made the little amount of scenes between them, so memorable for me. Still, I'm not really complaining, about how much Gomez and Morticia lack screen time. Seeing the serial killer, Debbie try to attempt to kill Uncle Fester are pretty funny and most of their scenes, together are well acted. Joan Cusack is great as Debbie. Not only that, she make an unlikeable character, into a likable character. She also gave the film, some really needed sex appeal. I have a crush on her character when I was a kid. I love the fact, how clueless and lovable, Christopher Lloyd makes Fester to be. It's one of his best roles, besides Doc Brown of the Back to the Future series. As humor goes, the best parts of this film are the Wednesday Addams (Christina Ricci) & Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) going to a pretentious summer camp subplot by Debbie. Christina Ricci is great as Wednesday Addams, and I wouldn't see anybody else in that role. She delivers nothing, but deadpan snark, which only serves to make her all the more hilarious. The whole Thanksgiving play/raid was such a memorable scene that every time, I re watch this film, I looked forward to seeing this sequence. I have no idea; why a Thanksgiving play is being perform in the middle of the summer, but I love it. I love the conflict between the over the top snobby living in a fantasy world, rich kids, played well to the realist grim Addams kids. The sub-plot is so much better than the main plot in some ways. If anything, the fault of the film could be, the main plot offered nothing new; while the sub-plot should had more focus. Even the sub-plot of Gomez & Morticia looking after newborn Pubert wasn't really needed. The movie is pretty smart for a kid's movie, bringing social satire commentary to a lot of adult themes such as criticize of consumerism, the mistreatment of Native Americans, realism vs idealism and others. This movie doesn't treat kids as babies. There are tons of things in the film that might be view as today as not suitable for children. It really depends on the parent, if this movie is worth your children watching it. There are lot of dark humor, such as trying to kill a baby joke, sexual innuendos, and lots of foul language. There are a lot of things that kids might not get. The movie is also really shot, well. Lots of fantastic scenery and special effects. The theme song is really catchy. Still, the Addams-themed remake of "Whoomp! (There It Is) by Tag Team" was a bit cheeky. Kinda made me wish for the days of McHammer rap from the first film. Michael Jackson was signed on to write and perform a song for the film's soundtrack and to promote it with a music video. Although he was able to finish the song, contractual difficulties coupled with the child molestation allegations made against Jackson resulted in the song being dropped from the soundtrack, and the video was never filmed. The song, "Is It Scary," was later included on Jackson's 1997 'Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix' album and was also used in his short film, Ghosts (1997). Overall: The movie is not to be taken too serious in a logic sense, it is a tongue-in-cheek comedy that work so well in its own world. It's worth the watch on Halloween or any good day, when a good laugh is needed.

Pumpit

Addams Family Values starts with the news that Morticia (Angelica Huston) is about to give birth, she does & everyone including the Father Gomez (Raul Julia) are very excited. However their two children Wednesday (Christina Ricci) & Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) feel threatened by the new arrival & to add to the families problems Debbie (Joan Cusak) the nanny that they hire tricks Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) into marrying her & she plan's to kill him for his money...

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld Addams Family Values is a worthy sequel to the original Addams Family (1991) & a good watch in it's own right. The script by Paul Rudnick takes the usual standard social situations & twisting them into a ghoulish gag, joke or set-piece & there's plenty here to smile at. While I didn't find any of it laugh out loud hilarious I found it consistently amusing, it runs for 90 odd minutes & it moves along at a nice pace, there's enough happening to keep one entertained for it's duration. All the usual character's are there & well represented, the dialogue is good & the story is also pretty good.

Director Sonnenfeld does a good job, there's that fantastic morbid atmosphere running through the film & the Addams Gothic mansion looks the business.

Technically the film is very well made & has great production design & it has that big budget Hollywood look about it. The acting was good & the cast bring the character's to life.

Addams Family Values is a good film, it's pretty morbid when it wants to but it also has that dark comedic edge as well. What more can I say, it's well worth a watch.

Qulcelat

Imagine taking everything right from one movie and improving upon it in its sequel. Not too many movies can do that, and yet Addams Family Values does everything right. Wednesday and Pugsley are challenged and must evolve. So does Morticia and Gomez with their new child. But the true gem of this sequel is that we have a plot. The first movie is a gift to the audience, recreating our spooky family into a big-budget movie. The sequel contains an actual story, something we can be entertained with for another 94 minutes.

The Addamses are blessed with another bundle of joy, but the parents must enlist the aid of a nanny to keep the elder siblings from causing harm. This 'nanny' though is a maniac who plans nothing short of inheriting the family fortune.

This is Raul Julia's last great performance (ignore the others). It's also Christopher Lloyd's last great performance too, please mind the sarcasm. It's a real shame they couldn't do anything better with the Addams Family after this movie. I felt like we were all robbed in hindsight. By leaps and bounds the best scenes were that at the summer camp. There's no better moment than when Joel sees the "Heal the World" poster. Please see the movie for what I mean. It's worth the price just for that scene alone.

Uyehuguita

This installment was far superior to the first in every way! It was better in story line, direction, acting quality, dialog, and intent. This was the perfect addition to the Addams Family franchise. Unfortunately, it's also the last. Raul Julia has passed on, and Christina Ricci is frankly too old to be doing Wednesday Addams anymore.

Their next attempt with Tim Curry as Gomez Addams, and Darryl Hannah as Morticia, was appalling, atrocious, and puerile. I HATED...LoAThED...dEtESTeD that movie with a PASSION! I left it out of my Addams Family collection; acted like it never existed. While I love Tim Curry, he is NOT Gomez Addams! The nerve!

But I digress.

Wednesday and Pugsley are sent away by their new nanny to allow her adequate time to "vamp" Fester. Why? Because he's rich. Why else? Now, Wednesday and Pugsley have to contend with the preppy bratlings at summer camp, while Morticia and Gomez must deal with the new gold-digger in the family.

Grand Mamma has been replaced by Carol Kane...I hate it when they change players like that. But I'm torn between hating the change, and liking Carol Kane better. They should have cast her in the part in the first movie and I would not be IN this quandary.

But that not withstanding, this is a far superior effort to the first, which was perfect to begin with.

It rates a 9.8/10 from...

the Fiend :.

Kashicage

This movie is a bit better than the first movie, though it shares a similarity with the first film in that the main part of the plot revolves around Uncle Fester. There is a new baby in the house for the family so that means they need a nanny and they end up hiring a really crazy one at that. The kids are jealous and end up getting sent to camp while the babysitter manages to sink her claws into Uncle Fester. The plot is superior to the first movie and I think overall the laughs are better too. Though it still needs work as there are just certain things about the Addam's Family movies that just do not work or feel right. I never cared for the way Lurch never spoke any words, I myself prefer David Cassidy's version on the television series. I also just do not care for the way Anjelica Houston performed Morticia as she still speaks to softly in this one, though I will say she was better in this one. Raul Julie though is still excellent as Gomez. There are many funny scenes in this one as I loved the riot at the summer camp and I also way the family sympathized with the nanny/killer in the end. The very end of the movie though was a bit too dark even for an Addam's Family movie. Still, all in all a nicely done sequel to the original being a bit better than it.

Alianyau

Follow up sequel to the always funny original. This sequel focuses on Uncle Fester big time. He is the main character in the movie and all the situations move around him.

He's rich, but ugly and bald yeah we know but he has a HUGE fortune that is being chased by a hot milf widow that marries him in order to murder him and then get the money but the Addams Family is not dumb at all and will stop her before she commits her macabre plan.

This sequel is even funnier, darker, and more witty. Kids should enjoy it but it's oriented for an older audience who will get the sexual jokes and more. I really dig it and think this is one of the most funny movies of the 90's.

The technical values are also here and Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, the hot Joan Cusack and the sexy sexy Christina Ricci shine in the running time.

Recommended for the 90's kids.

FEISKO

The first Addams Family film sets us up with a plot deviating from the original series, not really knowing where Uncle Fester is. This one works better. It has a more casual feel, like a television episode, and has plots that could've been TV episodes, except extended with more jokes. This was a treat compared to the mediocre first installment.

Only a minute after the film starts, Morticia casually says, "Oh, I'm having a baby." The family frantically takes her to the hospital as she seems to not care, and a new member of the family, Pubert Addams, is born. The opening scenes were hilarious, and many good jokes were thrown in this movie. The main plots, along with the new baby, are Uncle Fester's new love and Wednesday and Pugsley at camp. Fester falls in love with a black widower, and can't get the clue that she doesn't like him. The kids have a terrible time with the peppy, perky kids at camp, and the campers have a terrible time with these two bizarre kids. Unlike the last movie, this one really gave the kids a chance to shine, especially Christina Ricci as Wednesday. The jokes were funny, the movie was amusing throughout, and I'd highly recommend this, because it's downright fun.

My rating: *** out of ****. 90 mins. PG-13 for morbidity.

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