Night At The Movies

The Addams Family (1991) (Paramount)  
Synopsis:

    They're creepy and they're kooky . . .  Uncle Fester returns after missing for 25 years in the Bermuda Triangle, or did he?  Gomez and Morticia Addams welcome back the long lost brother, but Wednesday takes time from trying to kill her brother Pugsley to discover if Uncle Fester is who he says he is.

Availability:
VHS

Cast/Crew
Barry Sonnenfeld                        Director
        Addams Family Values
        Men In Black

Raul Julia                                 Gomez Addams
        Addams Family Values

Angelica Huston                        Morticia Addams
       Addams Family Values
        The Witches
        Lonesome Dove
        Ever After

Christopher Lloyd                    Uncle Fester
        The Dream Team
        Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
        Addams Family Values
        Camp Nowhere
        Anastasia
        Back to the Future Trilogy

Christina Ricci                            Wednesday Addams
        Now and Then
        Addams Family Values
        Casper
        The Opposite of Sex

Miscellaneous:
    Followed by two sequels:
        Addams Family Values
        Addams Family Reunion (Direct to video)

MPAA Rating:
    PG-13 for horror elements (man-eating plants), adult situations, language (?).

My Rating:
    I enjoy weird films, and this is one of them.  Lloyd is great as Fester, and Raul Julia redefined the John Astin character (I really like John Astin, really).
  ****

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