Addams Family Reunion (1998)

The Addams Family goes on a search for their relatives.

Director:

Dave Payne

Writers:

Rob Kerchner, Scott Sandin

Stars:

Daryl Hannah, Tim Curry, Nicole Fugere

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daryl Hannah	...	Morticia Addams
Tim Curry	...	Gomez Addams
Nicole Fugere	...	Wednesday Addams
Jerry Messing	...	Pugsley Addams
Carel Struycken	...	Lurch
Christopher Hart	...	Thing
Patrick Thomas	...	Uncle Fester (as Pat Thomas)
Kevin McCarthy	...	Grandpa Addams
Estelle Harris	...	Grandma Addams
Alice Ghostley	...	Granny
Phil Fondacaro	...	Cousin Itt
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Phillip Adams
Ray Walston	...	Walter Adams
Diane Delano	...	Dolores Adams
Heidi Lenhart	...	Melinda Adams (as Heidi Noelle Lenhart)

Storyline

Gomez and Morticia are horrified to discover that Grandpa and Grandma Addams have a rare disease that is slowly turning them "normal". The only chance they have of curing them is to organise a family reunion, hoping that someone knows a home remedy. Unfortunately, due to a printing error, the family arrives at the reunion of an ordinary family named Adams (with one D). While Gomez and Morticia, oblivious to the mistake, search for a cure amongst a family divided by the wish to inherit; Pugsley and Wednesday are busy making new friends...explode; Uncle Fester and Thing search for a vicious Chihuahua that lives on human hair; and Lurch falls in love. Meanwhile, a couple going to the reunion are given the wrong address and end up at the Addams mansion where Granny and Cousin Itt are staying. No-one's life will ever be the same...

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Plot Keywords:

unconventional family | eccentric family | eccentricity | tall man | 1990s | 

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Taglines:

A killer comedy.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for comic violence and morbid humor

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Addams Family 3

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Family Films, Saban Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Astin (the original Gomez) was offered the role of Grandpa Addams. Eventually he played Grandpa Addams in two episodes of The New Addams Family (1998).

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Goofs

Fester is trying to get the dog some hair as quickly as possible, so he would not waste the old man's hair by leaving big tufts of it behind after he gives him a Mohawk haircut.

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Quotes

Gomez Addams: [leafing through the mail and reading off the sender's names on the "junk mail"] Let's see here... Publisher's Killing House... Tombs "R" Us... Hearse and Driver...

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Connections

References Jurassic Park (1993)

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Soundtracks

Addams Family Theme
Performed by Strate Vocalz
Written by Vic Mizzy
Published by Unison Music Company (ASCAP)
Administered by Next Decade Entertainment, Inc.
All Right Reserved Used by Permissoin
Produced by Paul Gordon

User Reviews

Kill yourself. Now!

This movie has basically nothing to recommend it.

The writers bear the heaviest burden for this dog. I'm generally a fan of Tim Curry, Darryl Hannah, and both the Movie and TV(original) "Addams Family "shows. This movie was an embarrassment to anything related to the "Addams Family"

Tim Curry appears to have been pressed into a bad Raul Julia impersonation, rather than allowed to find his own style, Darryl Hannah and and the rest just don't seem to have been given anything to work with.

And neither have you, the viewer. This movie reeks, but if you're reading this, you've probably already found that out to your sorrow.