The Addams Family (1991)
Weird is relative.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld · Writers: Caroline Thompson, Larry Wilson
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
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Trailer
Director
Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast
Raúl Juliá
Gomez Addams 
Anjelica Huston
Morticia Addams 
Christopher Lloyd
Uncle Fester 
Dan Hedaya
Tully Alford 
Elizabeth Wilson
Abigail Craven 
Judith Malina
Granny 
Carel Struycken
Lurch 
Dana Ivey
Margaret Alford 
Paul Benedict
Judge Womack 
Christina Ricci
Wednesday Addams 
Jimmy Workman
Pugsley Addams 
Christopher Hart
Thing User Reviews (2)
A tonally loyal adaptation of the 60's TV show. Some nonsensical moments and lacklustre scenes but Huston and Julia steal the thing with such fervour you can't help but enjoy yourself at least a little. _Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._
I reckon central casting could have searched for an hundred years and never cast a better "Morticia" than Anjelica Huston in this enjoyable big screen adaptation of the television series. Happily married to "Gomez" (another inspired casting choice in Raul Julia), they live their nocturnally focussed lives with children "Pugsley" (Jimmy Workman),"Wednesday" (an almost unrecognisable Christina Ricci) and stoic, eight-foot tall, butler "Lurch" (Carer Struycken) in their Gothic mansion. Their idyllic existence is put under threat, though, when their erstwhile kindly uncle "Fester" (Christopher Lloyd) is duped by a couple of arch-cons to try and claim their family fortune - and home - and thus render them broke and homeless. Now, can "Gomez" thwart this cunning plan before his family are actually reduced to sleeping in graves - for real? The casting, writing and direction from a top-of-his ga…
