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The Addams Family

1991

Barry Sonnenfeld

Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci ...

6.0

27,335

Fantasy. Comedy. Horror The kooky and spooky Addams family, stars of cartoons and TV, are here in their feature-film premiere. A swindling lawyer attempts to get his hands on the family fortunes by planting an impostor in their midst. As the fiend (Christopher Lloyd) who claims to be their long-lost Uncle Fester attempts to find the location of the hidden vault, Morticia (Anjelica Huston) and Gomez (Raul Julia) plan a fete that will wake the dead, and only ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Time Out	"For a one-joke movie, this adaptation of the TV series based on the New Yorker cartoons still summons up enough laughs"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"I was mildly entertained, but I was hoping for big laughs and with one exception I didn’t find them (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A lavish, funny revival that goes well beyond the limits of its original sources, thanks to ingenious casting, droll production design, spirited direction and dazzling camera tricks"	POS
United Kingdom	Almar Haflidason BBC	"At times this can all become a little silly but Sonnenfeld manages to rein the film in before things get too ridiculous."	NEU
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"Despite inspired casting and nifty visual trappings, the eagerly awaited Addams Family figures as a major disappointment"	NEU
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Barry Sonnenfeld has executed his directorial debut with considerable elan (...) An ooky, kooky, spooky oeuvre"	POS

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