Product: The Addams Family [VHS] (1991)
Rating: 4.0
A good movie for the whole family.
I still remember the hype leading up to the release of this movie back in the early 1990's. Can anyone forget that Hammer video that MTV played over and over again? Enough nostalgia for now. The movie is of course based on the classic TV show about the comically ghoulish Adams family. This family of witches, freaks and monsters lives in plain view of the real world oblivious to their own oddness. In fact they just think everyone else is weird, which is what gives them their sweetness. The movie centers on long lost Uncle Fester (played lovingly by Christopher Loydd) and his reunion with his estranged brother Gomez (Raul Julia) and his family. This movie is really entertaining and funny, mainly because of the great cast. Standing out are Angelica Huston as Morticia, a very young Christina Ricci as Wednesday Adams, but especially the late Raul Julia as suave Gomez Adams. Despite the (comically) freakish nature of the Adams Family this is a very good family movie that young and old can enjoy togther.