Addams Family Values starts with the news that Morticia (Angelica Huston) is about to give birth, she does & everyone including the Father Gomez (Raul Julia) are very excited. However their two children Wednesday (Christina Ricci) & Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) feel threatened by the new arrival & to add to the families problems Debbie (Joan Cusak) the nanny that they hire tricks Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) into marrying her & she plan's to kill him for his money...
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld Addams Family Values is a worthy sequel to the original Addams Family (1991) & a good watch in it's own right. The script by Paul Rudnick takes the usual standard social situations & twisting them into a ghoulish gag, joke or set-piece & there's plenty here to smile at. While I didn't find any of it laugh out loud hilarious I found it consistently amusing, it runs for 90 odd minutes & it moves along at a nice pace, there's enough happening to keep one entertained for it's duration. All the usual character's are there & well represented, the dialogue is good & the story is also pretty good.
Director Sonnenfeld does a good job, there's that fantastic morbid atmosphere running through the film & the Addams Gothic mansion looks the business.
Technically the film is very well made & has great production design & it has that big budget Hollywood look about it. The acting was good & the cast bring the character's to life.
Addams Family Values is a good film, it's pretty morbid when it wants to but it also has that dark comedic edge as well. What more can I say, it's well worth a watch.
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld Addams Family Values is a worthy sequel to the original Addams Family (1991) & a good watch in it's own right. The script by Paul Rudnick takes the usual standard social situations & twisting them into a ghoulish gag, joke or set-piece & there's plenty here to smile at. While I didn't find any of it laugh out loud hilarious I found it consistently amusing, it runs for 90 odd minutes & it moves along at a nice pace, there's enough happening to keep one entertained for it's duration. All the usual character's are there & well represented, the dialogue is good & the story is also pretty good.
Director Sonnenfeld does a good job, there's that fantastic morbid atmosphere running through the film & the Addams Gothic mansion looks the business.
Technically the film is very well made & has great production design & it has that big budget Hollywood look about it. The acting was good & the cast bring the character's to life.
Addams Family Values is a good film, it's pretty morbid when it wants to but it also has that dark comedic edge as well. What more can I say, it's well worth a watch.