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 | addams family | 

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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:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christopher Lloyd and Anjelica Huston both turned down the offers to reprise the roles of Uncle Fester and Morticia Addams.

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Goofs

The croquet ball does not break the drinking-glass when it lands in it, yet the sound of shattering glass is heard.

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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

Spoofs Frankenstein (1931)

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Soundtracks

Disco Lady
Performed by Cookie Avalon
Written by Paul Gordon (ASCAP)
Published by Kukunia Music (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Addams Family Crack-up, more like

The third Addams Family installment is an complete and utter insult to the Addams Family Name. I have no idea what batch of crap the people behind this rubbish were smoking while doing this, but it was certainly very strong. It's not at all a genuine Addams Family film, and definitely one to forget. It was all just so wrong.

Pretty much of all the actors don't suit their roles. Tim Curry is a good actor, but is better at playing gimpy and swotty roles like his character in Home Alone 2. He made Gomez look like a humble poncy lord butler in this, it didn't suit him at all. Daryl Hannah tried too hard to be the part but just was too glittery and luscious to suit her role. The guy plays Fester over-does his character even more, but he just looks like a laughably drugged retard. And others lack the scary creepy Gothic characteristic ability-that Christina Ricci, John Workman, etc-had. Their acting generally was forgettable. and they looked quite like they didn't want to be there.

The plot was lame. The humour hardly helped at all. It was slapstick, stupid, corny and to an extent grotesque. The Addams Family house itself didn't look very scary and Gothic, and they went to a lot bright pink places. I mean, huh? What the hell...?!....? It was more like Addams Family in Barbie World or something. They were definitely smoking something strong to come up with that idea. It was about as Gothic and scary as a flower field. It was just WRONG. It's like the Cheeky Girls attempting to do a Metallica song. It's seriously that badly combined. In fact, all in all, the only genuinely dark thing about this film is the mere shadow that is it to it's two classic predecessors.

Me and my friend, against the other friend's will, demanded this off about halfway through because it was so bad and wrong. Even hardcore Addam Family fans will probably be insulted by this. This film really is a messed up breakfast and lunch together, and a half-done insulting joke. I think the real excuse for this film was to get money (i.e. cash in on the two previous Addams Family films and thereby robbing people of their precious hard-earned money). Don't be the next to suffer this scam; steer well clear and stick with the other two films and the cartoons.