Movie Review: "The Addams Family" 11/22/91

This is a movie review for "The Addams Family", released November 22, 1991. I have seen parts of this movie but when it was on for Halloween 2017, I decided to watch the full movie.

Trailer

Cast

Anjelica Huston - Morticia Addams

Raul Julia         - Gomez Addams

Christopher Lloyd - Uncle Fester Addams / Gordon Craven

Dan Hedaya         - Tully Alford

Elizabeth Wilson - Abigail Craven / Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss

Judith Malina         - Granny

Carel Struycken - Lurch

Christina Ricci - Wednesday Addams

Jimmy Workman - Pugsley Addams

Plot

The family Addams live in an old museum-like mansion. Their family consists of Gomez and Morticia, their children Wednesday and Pugsley, a matriarch named Granny, their gigantic butler Lurch, and their friend Thing (a hand). Everything about them is weird.

Best way to introduce the family is through the old television show intro:

In this movie, their family has been missing an important member: Uncle Fester. A woman brings her son to the house to play as Fester so that they can get the family's money, but could he really be Fester after all?

Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.

1/5 – Barely worth any time.

2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.

3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.

4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.

5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.

3.5/5 - As a fan of the television show, I find this movie good and at the same time lacking. I don't know how Fester was lost (and I'm also behind on watching all of the episodes) but this movie was slightly disturbing considering how Abigail Craven was so greedy to get someone else's money. I know, that's life, but still it seems off. I don't recall what else knocked down points for this movie... I loved Cousin It's appearance. Very awesome.

In general, it isn't a bad movie. It isn't something that I would go out to see, though, but isn't a "STAY AWAY" for sure. I think one of the things that I was disappointed in was the fact that Anjelica Huston wasn't quite what I remember Morticia as. *shrugs* Well, again, that's life.

If you liked the show, have fun watching this! (Just don't expect perfection through the transition from the 1960's to 1991.)

Word Count: + 287 words. 2018: 681.