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Summary: Thank God It's A Sequel!
Review: Vastly superior to the yawnable first film, THE ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES has the benefit of using the darkly comic characters in refreshingly bright and cheery situations ... all to the benefit of well-timed and well-paced laughs. Each of the principles (Raul Julia, Angelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, and Christina Ricci, in particular) are in top form here, mastering the art of subtly underplaying their characters for maximum impact.Barry Sonnenfeld ... you are one lucky man!
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Summary: Ricci does it again
Review: While the focus of the movie is supposed to be about new addition Pubert and a gold digging psychopath, most of the endearing and engaging lines are instead centered around one classic character. As the potentially homicidal Wednsday Addams, Christina Ricci does a wonderful job in this film that took a very risky but ultimately profitable departure from conventional plots. Nestled within the confines of ghoulishness, she is comming of age at summer camp and even meets a young man who loves her for who she is. Although he is not goth or as madcabre, the young man is sickly enough (Asthma and other illnesses) to satisfy young Wednsday's taste for romance. Intially uncertain about his intentions at first, it is obvious that she also likes him by the end of the movie. Since I was not part of the in crowd at school, the summer camp scenes really stole my heart and I loved Wendsday's monolouge before she led the other "unpopular" kids in a good old fashioned ransacking. The overly chipper camp counselors get a good taste of their own medicine and viewing audiences are left to cheer. Sure the sight of a baby with a moustache is so twisted, it is cute, but this was a case where the intended highlights of a sequel were foreshadowed by a continuing character's quest for self. Like the first film, the only bad thing about this release was MC Hammer's inclusion on the soundtrack. To even think that he could ride on the empire established by Charles Addams was a riddiculous concept. His music does nothing to enhance the story line and should have been cut.
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Summary: ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES...
Review: Yet again, emerges some rotten scoundrel to attempt to disrupt the Addams household, & to trick them out of their fortune. Will they ever learn? This time, a buxom blonde bombshell appears, to gain Fester's amorous attention, & thereby manipulate her way to the family jewels. But this erzatz Addams is a black widow in disguise. She employs wile & guile to get her bratty way, yet is thwarted by the Addams mentality at every turn. Sometimes, it seems the Addams Family is under the sovereignity of some Dark Force. Hmmmm, could it be ----- SATAN?! Yes, seemingly effortlessly, The Addams Brood, gleefully morbid as they are, always come out on top. In both movies, the romantic scenes between Gomez & Morticia always makes Me cast a loving & appreciative glance at My beloved. The musical scores are always evocative & beautifully inspirational. The Addams Family & Addams Family Values definitely receives the Draconian Seal of Approval.
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