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A sharp, stylish sequel that leans harder into macabre comedy, deadpan family dynamics, and satirical bite than the first film. It’s especially rewarding if you like gothic humor with a mischievous streak and a villain who’s as funny as she is sinister.
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Fri · 1h 34m
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
Barry Sonnenfeld
Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd
A sharp, stylish sequel that leans harder into macabre comedy, deadpan family dynamics, and satirical bite than the first film. It’s especially rewarding if you like gothic humor with a mischievous streak and a villain who’s as funny as she is sinister.
Addams Family Values is the rare sequel that feels freer, sharper, and more confident than the original. It doubles down on the franchise’s core joke: this is a family so loving and self-possessed that everyone else looks absurd by comparison. The result is a comedy that plays like a gothic sitcom with real comic timing and a surprisingly pointed sense of social satire.
The standout stretch is the summer-camp storyline, which turns cheerful Americana into a target for gleeful demolition. Wednesday becomes the film’s secret weapon, but the whole ensemble lands: Gomez and Morticia remain a fantasy of marital devotion, while Debbie Jellinsky is one of the great comic villains of the era, all charm, vanity, and menace.
What keeps it memorable is how specific its tone is. It’s spooky without being scary, sweet without becoming sentimental, and rude in exactly the right places. If the joke of the Addamses is that they’re the healthiest people in the room, this sequel understands that perfectly and builds a whole movie around it.
Kayla · 8174 likes
“it’s a boy.” “it’s a girl.”“GOMEZ WHAT IS IT”“IT’S AN ADDAMS!” exactly addams family no genders just goth
sophie (4★) · 5807 likes
the only thing better than joan cusack killing men and looking fabulous while doing it is christina ricci setting a racist summer camp on fire
Tom Morton (5★) · 4228 likes
Morticia: I'm just like any modern woman trying to have it all. Loving husband, a family. It's just... I wish I had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade. <3
nina (5★) · 4087 likes
“you have put him under some weird sexual spell....i respect that.”
samantha (5★) · 2905 likes
wednesdays boyfriend screaming at that poster of michael jackson is the funniest thing I have seen since this pandemic began
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