Night
At The Movies
Addams Family Values (1993) (Paramount)
Synopsis:
Baby
Pubert is added to the kooky family, and when Pugsley and Friday become
jealous, Gomez hires a nanny, who Fester falls for. Unfortunately,
the nanny turns out to be The Black Widow, a woman who marries men for
their money and kills them on their wedding night. When Fester and
Debbie marry, and he does not die as a result of her attempts, she faces
down the Addams family to get what she wants: their money.
Availablility:
VHS: Pan and Scan
Cast/Crew:
Barry Sonnenfield
Director
The Addams Family
Men In Black
Raul Julia
Gomez
The Addams Family
Angelica Huston
Morticia
The Addams Family
Lonesome Dove (television)
The Witches
Christopher Lloyd
Fester
The Addams Family
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Dream Team
Angels in the Outfield
Camp Nowhere
Suburban Commando
Anastasia
Christina Ricci
Friday
The Addams Family
Casper
Now and Then
The Ice Storm
The Opposite of Sex
Joan Cusack
Debbie
Grosse Point Blank
Saturday Night Live (television)
Miscellaneous:
A
birth was emminant, as Morticia showed (with knitting instruments and black
yarn) that she was pregnant at the end of The Addams Family.
The Addams
Family was created by Charles Addams, a cartoonist who drew macabre cartoons
for magazines. While most were isolated characters and events, there
were some made which followed the events of a family (a father with a mustache,
a wife with a slender figure, always wearing black, a lurching butler,
children who went to camp in boxes labelled "danger," and a bald uncle.
Some concepts in the cartoon were carried over to the films
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for
some dark themes, some language, adult situations.
My Rating:
Rarely
does a sequel outdo the first film, but having seen both films in the last
24 hours, I've got to give this one the higher thumbs up. It is funnier
and I enjoy the story more. Plus, I have secretly wanted to take
over a camp much in the manner as depicted in the film.
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