 "Welcome to the world of the Addams Family" | 2009-10-10 |
| - Reviewed By orbmagnet |
| When first seeing this movie, you will tell that it's not very close to the 60's TV series. It's darker and far more wicked. I think it's because the creators of this movie wanted to be more faithful to the original cartoons created by Charles Addams. But whatever the reason, this film is dark, gothic, and very wicked. And I love every minute of it. The entire film reminds me of Tim Burton's works because of the creepy and gloomy atmosphere, and for its very dark humor. It's a very gothic presentation of one of the most wicked families that people know and love. I'm sure that fans of the original TV series will not be disappointed in this [original Charles Addams] take on the Addams Family. |
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 "'Fun' Is The Best Adjective" | 2009-05-07 |
| - Reviewed By ccthemovieman |
I think "fun" is the adjective most people would use in describing this film, which appealed to kids and adults. Of course, many adults remember the television series, and probably checked this out, too.
Angelica Huston certainly didn't match Carolyn Jones' beauty but she, along with Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd and Christina Ricci all were entertaining to watch. There certainly were no end to the colorful characters, unique scenes and dialog, special-effects and active surround sound. It all made for an entertaining and fast-moving film.
I didn't find a lot of laugh-out-loud moments but it did bring a lot of smiles to my face. A lot of this is dark humor, so it helps to appreciate that type of comedy. |
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| "Great, wonderful, ecstatic!!!" | 2009-04-21 |
| - Reviewed By User: A35BXRP0S6J5RX |
Whenever you ask anyone that just comes to to know me for even a small amount of time which is my favorite movie of all times, they tell you without even hesitating: The Addams Family.
I saw this movie when I was a little girl and can proudly say even now over 15 years later it is my favorite movie.
You get black humor, sarcasm, but all in a very light way. This people (the addams') and definetely not your next door neighbor *sighs sadly* and will do this unbelivable stuff one will never be able to do, like electrocute your brother, pay absolutely everything with gold dobloons, have a friend (servant, family member ???) with consist of only a bare hand that walks around the house etc. LOL!
All characters were cast PERFECTLY. Both Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia seem to have been born for their roles (such a shame Raul past out without even doing a 3rd sequel).
This is not a tipical comedy movie, nor is it a horror or dramatic movie, however it is always fun to watch both Morticia and Gomez all over the love they have for each other, getting over excited with "their" wheel of torture, red hot pokers etc.
And great movie quotes:
"Gomez, last night you were unhinged, you were like some deseperate, howling demon. You frightened me.... Do it again!" - Morticia Addams
"Don't torture yourself Gomez, that's my job" - Morticia Addams
"Children what are you doing" - Morticia Addams
"I'm going to electrecute him" - Wednesday Addams (for her brother)
"But we're late for charity auction" - Morticia Addams
"But mother" - Wednesday Addams
"I said no" - Morticia Addams
"Pleeeeaseee" - Pugsley Addams
"Oh all right" - Morticia Addams
"Look at her, I would die for her, I would kill for her, either way what bliss" - Gomez Addams (While watching Morticia asleep)
Morticia wakes up...
"Unhappy Darling" - Gomez Addams
"Oh yes... Yes completely" - Morticia Addams
Morticia and gomez share such extreme passion over each other, yet it is so carefully introduced on screen that any kid will perfectly be able to watch this move and not understand what all that is about.
Anjelica looks just gorgeous (if you haven't noticed yes I'm in love with the Anjelica Huston Morticia Addams LOL), and so does Raul.
The second movie is also good (The Addams Family Values), though I don't get to see much of Morticia and Gomez on screen which makes me prefer the Addams Family overall as my #1 choice! |
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 "Addams Family Movie" | 2009-01-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A332OQ8I24CBQI |
| Still entertaining, but wish they would have played the original theme since that's what I kept singing to my kids before the movie played. |
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| "wonder of wonders.." | 2008-11-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2GFEJ7PQBUF7X |
| The black and white TV show was hugely well done..and competed well against the equally outrageous Munster's(also in black and white)which had a more commercial value off the screen.The characters of the movie are so nicely replicated or even reanimated from the original dreary mood of the Addams cartoon of the New Yorker magazine that its almost a shame that it was in color. There are no clunky performances and its a movie for all ages and any time of the year. Elegant and still crazily derailed..Amazing fun.You will get a very good glimpse of Christina Ricci's future star power as she brings Wednesday Addam's to morose life. |
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 "These are Not the Addams, These Are Actors" | 2008-05-22 |
| - Reviewed By pilgrimspride |
| I'm not trying to diss this, or the people involved, but these are not the real Addams or even Adams, these are poor actors looking to cash in on the Johnson name. They were gothic going back, but they shun that stuff. My advice if I can is to be a peasant. When all that Quaker stuff made a comeback in like 96, we the Johnsons sold out and began soliciting applications to be a Johnson, tarnishing our royal voodoo heritage and putting a big dent in the family fortune. My mom was sick of being a housewife and wanted to be popular, even buying the Dallas Cowboys. And if you want to be gothic, just be a peasant and be pilgrim religion. You sign up for the Pilgrim pledge card which they ask for as much as 50 percent of your income (10 percent I do is nothing, 10 percent equals 10 cents off of every dollar you earn). Wear really plain clothes like blacks and dark blue and grey colors, dye your hair black and don't wear any makeup, go to worship and bible study. I'm not trying to be a preacher or thump the bible, it's just I was into new wave gothic as a knight of Tiamat and trust me you'll be a lot more satisfied with the dark side of Christianity that you have to be saved in order to go to heaven and it's a lot more natural. We the Johnsons and Adams were gothic going not too far back. |
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