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Actor: Christine Baranski, Christopher Hart, Harriet Sansom Harris, Joan Cusack, Julie HalstonBrand: Paramount
Primary Contributor: Anjelica Huston
Primary Contributor: Raul Julia
Primary Contributor: Christopher Lloyd
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-02-22
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Addams Family Values
Movie Review: Wanna join the family?
Summary: 4 Stars
I'll admit that I never watched the television show. I was more of a `Munsters' kid, and so really the only reason I had a desire to see this movie was because I feel that Joan Cusack deserves to be in like every movie (except `Arlington Road', but I've already expressed myself on that matter). So, I decided to check out the first film before delving into this one, you know, to set myself up. Well, twenty minutes into `The Addams Family' I actually turned it off. It bored me and so I wasn't sure if I was going to even try this one. I read a few reviews, all citing this to be better than the original, and so I said `why not' and rented it.
It's not brilliant, but it sure is funny...and Joan Cusack is a riot!
The film focuses in on a money hungry seductress named Debbie Jellinsky who poses as a nanny in order to get after Uncle Fester and his fortune. Young Wednesday Addams seems to be the only one wise to this woman's evil scheme, so Debbie finds a way to get rid of her. Taking care of Fester is harder than Debbie thought (her plan was to marry and then kill him, but he is not your typical husband) so her plans have to be altered slightly in order to get all that she wants out of the man.
The acting is what makes this movie so watchable, especially between Cusack and the brilliant Christina Ricci, who knows how to make Wednesday so eerily remarkable (and OMG the whole camp Thanksgiving play scene is just brilliant). Really, Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia are obsolete when you consider the great supporting characters here. Christopher Lloyd is every type of hilarious even amidst his every type of clich? as Fester, but it is Cusack who steals the show with her menacing creation.
Also, you won't soon forget the hilarious duo that is Christine Baranski and Peter MacNicol as two camp leaders trying desperately to reform young Wednesday Addams.
The jokes for the most part all seem to land very well, especially at the summer camp (where every scene is a hilarious delight), and the film has a nice flow to it. I was a little shocked and the disinterest the film seemed to have with the two presumable leads, Morticia and Gomez, but there is so much to enjoy about the Wednesday and Debbie storylines that one does not miss the Addams family patriarchs.
So pull up and chair and pop the popcorn because this is a movie you'll find yourself really enjoying. It could have been tweaked here or there but for the most part it is a delight, and I'm sure it is even more refreshing for those who actually watched the show.
Summary of Addams Family Values
Upon arrival of their mustachioed baby morticia and gomez hire a greedy nanny who targets uncle fester. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/19/2003 Starring: Christopher Lloyd Kristen Hooper Run time: 94 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Barry SonnenfeldThis somewhat more cohesive follow-up to The Addams Family has the same director, Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black), but a better story line. Joan Cusack plays a busty gold digger who ingratiates herself into the Addams home and convinces Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) that she wants to marry him. Besides Lloyd, the cast includes Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia, ideal as those Bront?an lovers, Morticia and Gomez. But Christina Ricci again walks away with the best moments as the chilly Wednesday Addams, making life miserable for two camp counselors (Peter MacNicol and Christine Baranski) who want her to fit in with other kids.--Tom Keogh
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