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The Addams Family

The Addams Family (1991)

Weird is relative.

Release:1991
Runtime:1h 40m
Country:United States
Director:Barry Sonnenfeld
Language:English

Genre

ComedyFantasy
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Keywords

DancingDead WishSecret PassageFencingBlack HumorUncleEccentricMansion
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The Addams Family rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 199K votes
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic57%
TMDb7.1/10· 5K votes

With 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 57/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The Addams Family

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

Cast of The Addams Family

  • Raúl Juliá

    Raúl Juliá

    as Gomez Addams

  • Anjelica Huston

    Anjelica Huston

    as Morticia Addams

  • Christopher Lloyd

    Christopher Lloyd

    as Uncle Fester

  • Dan Hedaya

    Dan Hedaya

    as Tully Alford

  • Elizabeth Wilson

    Elizabeth Wilson

    as Abigail Craven

  • Judith Malina

    Judith Malina

    as Granny

  • Carel Struycken

    Carel Struycken

    as Lurch

  • Dana Ivey

    Dana Ivey

    as Margaret Alford

  • Paul Benedict

    Paul Benedict

    as Judge Womack

  • Christina Ricci

    Christina Ricci

    as Wednesday Addams

  • Jimmy Workman

    Jimmy Workman

    as Pugsley Addams

  • Christopher Hart

    Christopher Hart

    as Thing

The Addams Family facts

Budget
$30M
Box office
$191.5M
Collection
Addams Family Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Dark humor perfectly captures eccentric family dynamic with comedic precision
  • •Production design nails gothic aesthetic throughout haunted household setting
  • •Ensemble cast delivers memorable deadpan performances with comic timing

What the audience disliked

  • •Episodic structure occasionally feels disjointed between comedic vignettes
  • •Plot momentum weakens during second half family dynamics scenes
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