The Addams Family
Cast
Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams
Raul Julia as Gomez Addams
Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester/Gordon Craven
Elizabeth Wilson as Abigail Craven/Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss
Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams
Directed by
Barry Sonnenfeld
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7/10. The Addams Family is directed by first time director Barry
Sonnenfeld, who was cinematographer for movies such as When Harry Met
Sally� and Big. It's an impressive debut that is finely timed, with
the morbid bits thrown in correctly.
It's based on the characters by Charles Addams. The macabre family
enjoys maiming, although most is talked about instead of acted. It
includes Gomez (Raul Julia), who is a dashing and dapper man,
Morticia (Anjelica Huston), Gomez's morbid wife, Wednesday (Christina
Ricci), a monotoned and pale daughter, and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman),
probably the least darkest and pudgiest of them all. Well, the "plot"
includes Abigail Craven (Elizabeth Wilson) and Gordon (Christopher
Lloyd). Their employee Tully (Dan Hedaya) is an insurance guy for the
Addamses. He plans to get the Addams fortune by having Gordon act
like the long-lost Uncle Fester, with Craven acting like Dr. Pinder-
Schloss, the person who found Fester.
Funny, well acted, and delightfully morbid, The Addams Family fires
on all cylinders. It has some good special effects, and manages to
please everyone who wants to be pleased by this movie. If you aren't
in the perfect dark mood, it's hard to enjoy. But if you sit back,
enjoy, and let this wild ride go, you'll be pleased.
Before I get any further, I'd like to say that I haven't seen the
T.V. series, so I can't base this on that. I did think that Julia
(who passed away in 1994) acted terrifically. Huston, whom I always
enjoy in movies, put on a good show and seemed to be enjoying herself
doing this role that actually kind of makes her type-cast with me.
Ricci and Lloyd are the standouts. Ricci is stone-faced and
hilarious. When asked what game they were playing by Pugsley as she
was strapping him into an electric chair, she replies, "Is there a
God?" Lloyd was perfect, marking his number of great performances up
one for me.
As fans of the series will know, the Addams have a disemboweled hand
named "Thing", who always lends a hand. Along with the sequel, the
cousin Itt isn't shown as much as it should. Itt's a giant bundle of
hair, who comes out with a surprising wife at the end of the movie.
If you enjoy dark comedies, you'll love The Addams Family.
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Rated PG-13 for morbid humor and mild language.
Running time: 102 minutes
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