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The Addams Family (1991) -- Con artists plan to fleece the eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long lost Uncle Fester.

Overview

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Director:
Barry Sonnenfeld
Writers (WGA):
Charles Addams (characters)
Caroline Thompson (written by) ...
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Release Date:
22 November 1991 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's not the same old Thing. more
Plot:
Con artists plan to fleece the eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long lost Uncle Fester. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 12 nominations more
User Comments:
A lot of fun. more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Trivia:
Writer Paul Rudnick did rewrites on the film and subsequently wrote the sequel, Addams Family Values (1993). more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the bottom of the slide, on the way to the vault, Festers right hand is incorrectly switching between being at his side or at his throat between shots. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Gomez: [to Thing] Think of it, Thing. For twenty-five years we've attempted to contact Fester in the great beyond, and for twenty-five years, nothing. I'm beginning to think my brother truly is lost.
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References House of Usher (1960) more
Soundtrack:
La Folia more

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22 out of 23 people found the following comment useful:-
A lot of fun., 19 September 2004
10/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

Although not all feature film versions of classic TV series have worked out, this enjoyable dark comedy from 1991 is one of the rare few to really entertain.

Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) are the parental units of a macabre and twisted yet ultimately loving family that also includes their children Wednesday (Christina Ricci, in one of her earliest roles) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman - whatever happened to him?), Granny (Judith Malina) and their associates Lurch (Carel Struycken) and Thing (Christopher Hart's hand). Their slimy attorney Tully (a well-cast Dan Hedaya) makes the acquaintance of Gordon (Christopher Lloyd), the brutish son of the harridan (Elizabeth Wilson) to whom Tully is in debt. Tully, after noticing the remarkable resemblance Gordon has to the Addams' long-lost Uncle Fester, plants him in the household so that Gordon can attempt to plunder their fortune.

This simple plot actually leads to a reasonably well-written movie with impressive design and effects, and lots of good laughs. The actors play their parts so well I can't help but be impressed. Although the world of the Addams family is the brainchild of Charles Addams, I also find it reminiscent of a Tim Burton-type imagination as well.

One sequence that works quite well is when the Addams are forced from their home and forced to live in "the real world". Thing even gets a job as a courier for Fed Ex!

I think that it's very entertaining and I don't think I'd notice the flaws if I placed it under a microscope. Good job, all around.

"Are your girl scout cookies made from real girl scouts?"

10/10

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