A revival of the popular '60s TV comedy series "The Addams Family" has them preparing for Halloween in their own inimitable way.A revival of the popular '60s TV comedy series "The Addams Family" has them preparing for Halloween in their own inimitable way.A revival of the popular '60s TV comedy series "The Addams Family" has them preparing for Halloween in their own inimitable way.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe shot during the opening credits in which the Addams Family members are sitting down in a line with each doing the hair of the one before is a remake of a similar group shot in the first-season episode Thing Is Missing (1965).
- GoofsWhen Mikey bumps into the tombstone, it wobbles.
- Quotes
First Cop: Sorry, folks, but there's been complaints about the noise.
Morticia Addams: But this is a holiday, and a very special holiday for the Addams family. Everyone here is a relative.
Uncle Fester: [brings in the crooks] I'm sorry, you're mistaken, Morticia, these two aren't.
First Cop: Well... Bones Lafferty and Louie the Lard?
Gomez Addams: Oh, you must be mistaken, Officer; these are members of our family.
[Fester shakes his head]
Boss Crook: No, no, no. No, we, we, we, we just said that... we're not members. Oh, but the lion, a lion! In, in the basement, and a lady flew right out the window!
Little Bo Peep: That was no lady, it was a pterodactyl.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon (1993)
** (out of 4)
Gomez (John Astin), Morticia (Carolyn Jones), Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan) and various other members of the family return in this made- for-television special that has the weird family getting ready for a Halloween party. Along the way an outside tries to work himself into the family to try and so some spying on the various creepy things going on.
If you're a fan of the television series then you'll probably be slightly entertained by this special, which at least gets the majority of the original cast members back and in action. I personally thought this special was okay but there's certainly nothing classic here. It seems that this period was full of popular television shows getting feature length movies and this here is pretty much average for this type of thing.
I thought the best thing about this was Astin who has no problem fitting back into the role of Gomez. He's certainly very fun to watch and brings a lot of energy into the film. The supporting players are fun to watch as well but there's still no question that the screenplay is rather weak and there aren't nearly enough laughs to carry the picture.
The entire film seems like a bunch of skits and it just never really feels like a movie or even a television show for that matter. It certainly doesn't help that the laugh track is so annoying and often has laughter at the lamest of jokes. Still, fans of the original will enjoy seeing the cast members and that's probably enough for them to watch this.
- Michael_Elliott
- Oct 12, 2016
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