This film adaptation of the Addam's Family has its moments and is watchable, but there are just certain things about it that do not work that cause it to be a sort of all right comedy rather than a really good one. Part of the problem is the casting, but then the casting is good as well. Raul Julie is perfectly cast as Gomez and is a very bright spot in this film. A shame Addam's Family Values was not his last movie instead of the horrid Street Fighter movie. Christopher Lloyd plays Fester, and while he is not my first choice the man can play any role from Fester, to Judge Doom, and even a Klingon. Anjelica Houston on the other hand had the look of Morticia, but her voice was at times barely audible. I did not care for grandma either as that person would thankfully be played by Karol Cane in the sequel and she did a much better job even though that role was largely ignored in both films. The story here is rather different, as we have a person trying to pass off this dude whose mother is like some loan shark or something as the long lost Uncle Fester. So we have a guy trying to make heads or tails of the strange family while trying to get the family fortune. There are some funny scenes and long dead sections to the movie as well. The kids Wednesday and Pugsley provide the biggest laugh for me though during there school play. All in all it was not a bad film, just needed a bit of work. I actually feel the sequel is a more complete film than this one, but not by much.
Review of The Addams Family
