The Addams Family

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Summary: good but to dark for a comedy
Review: this movie is good family fun but i never found it fuuny when shall this i thougt it would have a lot of humur it did not the only part on this flim i thougt were fuuny is the kids play this was more dark then fuuny i thaet they this flim a bit to dark they goning way over bord they were some parts of the movie were that were scary when the fake ulncle fester was un pacing the 60s tv seris was never this dark is had more humur to it but the movie is a good fun flim if you are looking for a comedy with humur do not see this but if you looking for a fun dark movie see this i remedy it put more humur on ittry the seqel addams family values to it is beeter and has a lot more humur.

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Summary: THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Review: Uncle Fester has been lost for years. The Addams brood has held yearly senaces on the anniversary of his disappearance, in the hopes of divulging his whereabouts. Amidst Lurch's dramatic strains upon the family's organ, Grandmama calls forth the spirit of Fester to commune. With the dramatic knocking, Thing races to the fromt door through the halls of the gloriously gloomy manse, to reveal a drenched Fester, "Come back from the dead".

A warm welcome regails him. but with him, an unexpected caller, a "Dr. Pinderschlaus".

From here on, a malicious plan unfolds to take over the manse, which has been attempted again, & again, & again.

The actors are perfectly cast, thus necromancing the delightful Addams tale once again to entertain us.

Yet for most of us, the Addams Family Legacy becomes much more than mere stories. Over & over again, I see "The Addams Mentality" as remarkably reflective of the Satanic viewpoint.

For instance, the joyful glee in which the Addams deal with the herd; naturally "dark" in thought, attracted to that which is arcane & occult. Obviously, the aesthetics are indicative of what many of us are comfortable with.

Even Karla LaVey mentioned on the "Speak of the Devil" segment, how the LaVey family was very much like the characterizations portrayed in Addams lore. I concurr. My own Noctuary Chambre is filled with the Satanic Aesthetic ----- skulls, trapezoidal angles, My preference for exotic pets, dim lighting, various diabolical knick-knacks, & even My attraction to women who carry the "Vampyric" type. All this, or course, with the additional artifacts of Pentagrams, gargoyle paraphernalia, obscure books, music, & movies. Mostly Satanic, &/or "Gothic" in content or appearance. Unto My style of dress, which happens to be mostly black, with some jewelry displaying various skulls, snakes, bats, dragons, spiders, & wolves. It is a natural gravitation. I just see something I like, & I include it in My diabolically Draconian collection. Even the pen with which I Am writing this review / essay is cast in the images of twisting serpants!

And so Our lairs come to resemble a scene out of the Addams Family, or Dracula, or sometimes even Beetlejuice ----- or, these portrayals come to resemble our Lairs. Could it be that Charles Addams expressed his own Jungian "Shadowside" proclivities? Indeed, he has stated that the characters are products of a degree of exaggeration based upon his own family's traits. Although societal "norms" may have stifled full expression. Personally, I hold the belief that being a Satanist is genetic.

The Addams Family tales are frought with decorous imagination & artistic expression.

I say, aesthetically speaking, let all Hell break loose! Repress not what is natural, in Our own lairs & total environments, yet employ wisdom & appropriation, so as to survive, indulge, & excel.

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Summary: IS THIS GOTHICLY PERFECT.. OR WHAT!
Review: This has got to be THE funniest and most creative movie out there. It's the perfect wierd family that secretly we all want to be part of. They don't care what anyone thinks and have fun being themselves. I mean, if you think about it, they do everything exactly opposite of how we do things, and their lives are so much better. Bravo to the director, bravo to the cast. U gotta get it or at least see it. It is defenetly worth it, and it deserves way higher than a 5! It should get a 10 out of 5!

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Summary: "Screams in the night - it can only mean one thing"
Review: The Addams Family begins with a hearty chuckle, as a group of nauseatingly cheery carol singers are treated to a dose of Addams hospitality. The film is of course a 1990s revamp of the 1960s television series with the catchy refrain: "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're altogether ooky." However, the film lacks the delicate balance between finesse and crudity that marked the original; perhaps this is the result when a cult show is turned into movie fodder for the masses.

The Addams' live in a decaying mansion that boasts such attractions as a graveyard, a swamp and a vault full of money. It is this last which attracts the attention of a crooked accountant and his unscrupulous client Mrs. Craven. Their plan is to install Mrs. Craven's son Gordon in the house as 'long-lost' Uncle Fester Addams, with the purpose of gaining access to the vault. Initially Gordon is all for this plan, but once he gets to know and like the family, he undergoes a crisis of confidence and must decide where his loyalties lie.

The plot may be depressingly formulaic, but fortunately it is in the Addams' nature to be quirky. The humour is generally quite fresh and clever - who would have picked the villain's ultra-conventional wife pairing off with hirsute (and definitely unconventional) Cousin Itt? But along with the hits, there are some equally spectacular misses, including almost everything involving Grandma Addams. The other female Addams' are excellent, especially young Christina Ricci as the perpetually sullen Wednesday. Ultimately though, you have to wonder if the mysterious and macabre charm of the Addams has lost something in its modernisation, and if perhaps they should have been left to rest in peace.

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Summary: its the addams family like yove never seen them
Review: the addams family 60s now has tere own movie which beeter than the tv show becase its reely good flim is cool raul julia play gomas thats preety net i reealy like this flim there was two addams family movies and this one is beeter than sencond i my frends like the secand one better but i dont i got to say the seacod was good movie for seqeul but just didt have the touch that the firt one did noting can beet beet this one this is a good hore comedy based on the 60s tv show good for the hole family and kids the second one is good but if i were you i would just sitick this one this is the this a firt movie at ist bets good work bary sonfeld for a good movie thank you

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Summary: How About the TV Show TOO?
Review: This is a great adaptation..true to the original Addams one-panel cartoons, as well as the gags from the 60's TV show. I love it, but speaking of the show, how about a DVD release of both seasons of the 1960's Addams Family?

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Summary: a good comedy with a small twist of horror
Review: This movie is a classic. The acting along with everything else is good. The film is a little dark but overall is worth viewing or even owning for that matter.

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Summary: Please ... No More Family Reunions
Review: The Hollywood craze of re-imagining television shows from the 1950s, 60s, and early 70s was at its peak when Barry Sonnenfeld and crew tapped into the idea of remaking THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Never a great television series to begin with, the first film outing followed suit affably. Largely forgettable, the film bolstered the talents of the angelic Angelica Huston and the incomparable (late) Raul Julia. Perhaps the only bright spot on the horizon was that FAMILY made Christina Ricci a household name; her portrayal of Tuesday was the only spark in this otherwise celluloid coffin.

Move along.

Nothing to see here.

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Summary: Great comedy
Review: In the first adaption to the big screen of the classic comic strip The Addams Family director Barry Sonnefield do right.

First the actors very capable and professional.

The fx,costumes and adaptation are also right.

A great movie.

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Summary: Tim Burton did an excellent job with this one
Review: Tim burton's vision of the characters from the old-monied, aristocratic family was superb and hit it right on the spot. Not continuing the original metaphors these characters played would be a dissapointment. The most recent TV series flopped because they failed to capture the character of the family. In the most recent TV series, Gomez was made into a bungling idiot and so was everyone else, but Tim Burton's version made Gomez the a man of the world, a careless aristocrat and a charming debonaire, sort of a dark version of Red Butler from Gone with the Wind, Morticia, the mysterious seductress, a classier version of Elvira. Wendy was the silent misunderstood psycho, and pugsley, the simplistic sadist who always gets outwitted by his deep and sinister sister. Lurch plays the ever faithful and dutiful butler and the architecture and the richness of the Victorian house they lived in was a character in the movie in itself. My suggestion is to buy the movie not just for its entertainment value but also for the amount of depth and vision the director put into creating this masterpiece. A good comparison would be the superman movie. Christopher Reeve played the best superman and after him, no one could live up to it anymore. Just like the Addams family, remaking it with different character personalities would be a complete and utter failure.