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Rating: 7.054/10 by 4322 users

The Addams Family (1991)

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

Directing:
  • Barry Sonnenfeld
Writing:
  • Caroline Thompson
  • Larry Wilson
  • Charles Addams
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Nov 22, 1991

Rating: 7.054/10 by 4322 users

Alternative Title:
阿达一族 - CN
Familien Addams - NO
משפחת אדאמס - IL
Addams Family 1 - US

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 42 minutes
Budget: $30,000,000
Revenue: $191,502,426

Plot Keyword: dancing, dead wish, secret passage, fencing, black humor, uncle, eccentric, mansion, macabre, loan shark, accountant, creepy, disembodied hand, long lost sibling
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Raúl Juliá
Gomez Addams
Anjelica Huston
Morticia Addams
Christina Ricci
Wednesday Addams
Dan Hedaya
Tully Alford
Jimmy Workman
Pugsley Addams
Elizabeth Wilson
Abigail Craven / Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss
Dana Ivey
Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams
Paul Benedict
Judge Womack
Tony Azito
Digit Addams
Steven M. Martin
Donald Addams
Allegra Kent
Cousin Ophelia Addams
Ryan Holihan
Lumpy Addams
Kate McGregor-Stewart
Employment Agent
Lela Ivey
Susan Firkins
Whit Hertford
Little Tully
Patty Maloney
Lois Addams
Victoria Hall
Swedish Blonde
Jimmy Ross
Pre-Teen Gomez
Ryan Anderson
Pre-Teen Fester
Daniel Pikus
Teenage Gomez
Michael Hittesdorf
Teenage Fester
Joe Zimmerman
Long Arm Addams
Steve Welles
Fingers Addams
Eugene Jackson
One-Armed Bass Player
Richard Tanner
Snake Charmer
Lauren Walker
Teenage Flora

Gimly

A tonally loyal adaptation of the 60's TV show. Some nonsensical moments and lacklustre scenes but Huston and Julia steal the thing with such fervour you can't help but enjoy yourself at least a little. _Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._

CinemaSerf

I reckon central casting could have searched for an hundred years and never cast a better "Morticia" than Anjelica Huston in this enjoyable big screen adaptation of the television series. Happily married to "Gomez" (another inspired casting choice in Raul Julia), they live their nocturnally focussed lives with children "Pugsley" (Jimmy Workman),"Wednesday" (an almost unrecognisable Christina Ricci) and stoic, eight-foot tall, butler "Lurch" (Carer Struycken) in their Gothic mansion. Their idyllic existence is put under threat, though, when their erstwhile kindly uncle "Fester" (Christopher Lloyd) is duped by a couple of arch-cons to try and claim their family fortune - and home - and thus render them broke and homeless. Now, can "Gomez" thwart this cunning plan before his family are actually reduced to sleeping in graves - for real? The casting, writing and direction from a top-of-his game Barry Sonnenfeld make for an entertaining spoof of all thing macabre whilst still extolling a semblance of family virtues and loyalty - told in real time and using some amiable flashbacks from when they were all "younger". The visual effects are understated and effective - especially regarding their loyal retainer that is the disembodies "hand" and the script allows Lloyd in particular, but all in general to deliver a dialogue that raises a smile without raising an eyebrow. This is great fun and on a big screen, well worth a watch.


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