Christina Ricci Movie:

Editorial Review:
This somewhat more cohesive follow-up to The Addams Family has the same director, Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black), but a better story line. Joan Cusack plays a busty gold digger who ingratiates herself into the Addams home and convinces Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) that she wants to marry him. Besides Lloyd, the cast includes Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia, ideal as those Brontëan lovers, Morticia and Gomez. But Christina Ricci again walks away with the best moments as the chilly Wednesday Addams, making life miserable for two camp counselors (Peter MacNicol and Christine Baranski) who want her to fit in with other kids.--Tom Keogh

Addams Family Values [Region 2] Reviews:
More of Morticia and Gomez Please!
2009-11-01 - What I found so charming in the first film was the flirtatious interplay between Gomez and Morticia. I also fell in love with the set of the Addam's mansion exactly as it was....I felt that it was designed not to look like a haunted house, but a stately old manor that had simply been neglected to the point of disrepair. The sequel focuses mainly on Pugsley and Wednesday with a heavy dose of Fester and his new bride. Gomez and Morticia are pushed into the background to the point that they are rarely even seen. I also did not care for the changes made to the set of the house. It was altered to be quite dark and I felt somewhat over the top in its attempt to set the tone of the family atmosphere.

Ahhh...perhaps I am nitpicking, but the Addam's Family is one of my favorite "brain break" films and I find the sets total eye candy and the relationship between Morticia and Gomez a refreshing reminder that even a long marriage can still be flirty and fun! The follow up is ok....but could have been better if they had retained the charm of the first film.


Wanna join the family?
2009-02-23 - I'll admit that I never watched the television show. I was more of a `Munsters' kid, and so really the only reason I had a desire to see this movie was because I feel that Joan Cusack deserves to be in like every movie (except `Arlington Road', but I've already expressed myself on that matter). So, I decided to check out the first film before delving into this one, you know, to set myself up. Well, twenty minutes into `The Addams Family' I actually turned it off. It bored me and so I wasn't sure if I was going to even try this one. I read a few reviews, all citing this to be better than the original, and so I said `why not' and rented it.

It's not brilliant, but it sure is funny...and Joan Cusack is a riot!

The film focuses in on a money hungry seductress named Debbie Jellinsky who poses as a nanny in order to get after Uncle Fester and his fortune. Young Wednesday Addams seems to be the only one wise to this woman's evil scheme, so Debbie finds a way to get rid of her. Taking care of Fester is harder than Debbie thought (her plan was to marry and then kill him, but he is not your typical husband) so her plans have to be altered slightly in order to get all that she wants out of the man.

The acting is what makes this movie so watchable, especially between Cusack and the brilliant Christina Ricci, who knows how to make Wednesday so eerily remarkable (and OMG the whole camp Thanksgiving play scene is just brilliant). Really, Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia are obsolete when you consider the great supporting characters here. Christopher Lloyd is every type of hilarious even amidst his every type of cliché as Fester, but it is Cusack who steals the show with her menacing creation.

Also, you won't soon forget the hilarious duo that is Christine Baranski and Peter MacNicol as two camp leaders trying desperately to reform young Wednesday Addams.

The jokes for the most part all seem to land very well, especially at the summer camp (where every scene is a hilarious delight), and the film has a nice flow to it. I was a little shocked and the disinterest the film seemed to have with the two presumable leads, Morticia and Gomez, but there is so much to enjoy about the Wednesday and Debbie storylines that one does not miss the Addams family patriarchs.

So pull up and chair and pop the popcorn because this is a movie you'll find yourself really enjoying. It could have been tweaked here or there but for the most part it is a delight, and I'm sure it is even more refreshing for those who actually watched the show.

partley O.K, Could have been much better, thogh!
2009-01-02 - Warning: this is NOT a kid's movie!
That is disapointing, as the T.V series, and even the first movie were made partley for children.

this movie was way too wierd, freaky and bizzare, and before you say "It's supposed to be", try to understand me.

True, The Addams Family is known for being weired and bizzare, but the T.V series and the first movie were weired, bizzare and creapy in a CHILD-FRIENDLY way, this movie WAS NOT!

I did like the new baby in this movie who is verry funny, and an exallant new addition to this unique family of charitors, but as for the rest of the story.. well, all I can say is it's way too freaky to even discribe!


The First Movie I Ever Saw!!!
2008-12-03 - My parents told me this is the 1st movie I saw at the theatre. I don't remember it. This is an awesome sequel! Baby Pubert is so cute, and Wednesday and Pugsley are trying to kill him, but they fail. Gomez and Morticia hire Debbie Jellinsky to be a nanny. Fester begins to fall in love with Debbie, but she just wants his money. She sends the kids to Camp Chippewa, where everyone is too happy. After Debbie and Fester get married, Fester later finds out that she's trying to kill him. When I was a kid, I always had a crush on Debbie because she is hot! If you love the Addams family, you'll love ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES!!!

warped but wonderful
2008-03-26 - if you're a little warped and have a dark sense of humor this movie's for you.I love Anjelica Houston as Morticia ,she's a scream!!!!!