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The Addams Family (1991)

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“Wednesday would never forgive Tyler because he tried to kill her friends!”

Are y’all talking about the same character that along with Pugsley tried to kill their baby brother??? Wednesday and Pugsley tried murdering Pubert by droppings an anvil on him, throwing him off the roof, and decapitating him with a guillotine all while he was still just a baby.

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The archery scene reminds me of Addams Family Values every time I see it.

"Aren't they extinct?"

"They are now."

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thinking about Anjelica Huston refusing to do a third Addams family cause she didn’t want to do it without “her Gomez”🥹

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The Addams Family (1991, dir. Barry Sonnenfeld)

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Addams Family Values directed by Barry Sonnenfeld cinematography by Donald Peterman written by Paul Rudnick

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Addams family through out the years

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OGs

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Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman, The Addams Family, 1991

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Halloween Movie of the Day: The Addams Family Reunion (1991)

As perhaps the oddest people in America, the Addams need no introduction. But this time, they are about to welcome a new member into the family; turns out Morticia just recently gave birth to little Pubert!

Yes, all is good and well with a new baby in the family, unless you ask Fester. Seeing all others tie the knot has got him forlorn, so he's now looking for love. And love he finds in the new nanny, Debbie Jellinsky. But something is amiss, as this woman is pushing Fester away from them just as the two get married. And as Pugsley and Wednesday get sent to summer camp, the family faces their biggest crisis yet in a black widow trying to separate them all. Will Fester return to their side before it's too late?

A compelling argument for how sometimes a sequel is actually better than the original, this comedy goldmine by Barry Sonnenfeld takes what worked in the first 90's reimagining of the Addams and cranks it up to eleven. And yet, more than just a rethread the film is also a mirror of it's own prequel (which I must say also comes with a hearty reccomendation by proxy on this end); one being about how strangers end up joining the family by learning to connect with the Addam's eccentric but enotionally fulfilling way of life, the other being about a different stranger with violent motivations failing to do the same. Which brings us to Debbie: with such a violently petty energy and delusions of grandeur, she's a delight to watch even when she's trying so hard to murder Fester.

Outside of a gag about Michael Jackson aging like milk (for reasons they couldn't have forseen), it's incredible how fantastically this film has aged. The black comedy, the haminess, the slapstick absurdity, the wholesome family dynamics undercut by a screwed up sense of normalcy, and the lighting in a bottle casting that redefined what the public sees these characters as. They REALLY don't do them like they used to.

Ok, I just HAVE to gush a little over the casting, because it really, REALLY made these movies shine.

The obvious one is the late Raul Julia as Gomez. With a classical background and being adept at musical theatre, he really gives his all every moment, which makes some of the funniest scenes come out of either the earnestness on which he plays a romantic situation, or the incongruity of how most people would react to what he's experiencing.

Anjelica Houston as Morticia works marvelously as the complement to Julia's Gomez too, being equally passionate but in a much more composed way, which grants her an elegance and snark that simply cannot be beaten.

Christopher Lloyd as Fester was sheer genius as well. You're telling me there was a better option for someone with uncle Fester's well known level of quirky manic energy than Mr. Emmet Brown and Judge Doom? Get outta here.

Jimmy Workman as Pugsley looks like the weakest of the bunch at a glance, as he almost feels like the straight man by contrast of how vivid the other performances are. But then you really think about it, and it's PRECISELY that nonchalance which makes him work. He can do incredibly troubling unchildlike things without batting an eye.

And of course, Christina Ricci as Wednesday is a no brainer as to why this role shot her to stardom. While a diversion from how Wednesday was portrayed in other versions, it stands out as one of THE big examples of how to do a goth creepy girl. She is not an uncaring person, but boi, is she more prone to violence than Pugsley AND a scheming gremling with a creepy heartthrobing smile. Yes, I was crushing hard on Christina Ricci's Wednesday as a kid, shut up

Last but not least, since we're talking about Family Values in particular, Joan Cussack as Debbie is just a joy to watch, with such a delightful level of entitlement and the perfect opposite rosy masquarade to make her less annoying or disturbing, and more someone with the proper level of crazy to absolutely fit with the Addams were she not all about herself.

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The Addams Family 🤌🏻

Backstory: The Addams Family was created by Charles Addams in 1938 until his death 1988. Originally he drew the family for The New Yorker which stared in a 150 single panel. Charles drew just about 1,300 Addams Family cartoons which all of them were published until the 1960s editor of The New Yorker stopped publishing the cartoons due to the first live action television show The Addams Family became popular. After the success of the show the infamous family has been developed into other shows,movies,toys,games and musicals that earned them awards.

The Addams Family(Comic magazine 1938-1988)

The Addams Family(T.V.1964-1966)

The Addams Family (T.V. 1973)

The Addams Family (Film 1991)

The Addams Family(T.V.1992-1993)

Addams Family Reunion(Film 1998)

The New Addams Family(T.V.1998-1999)

The Addams Family (Film 2019)

Wednesday (T.V.2022)

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