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Addams Family, The

I'm sorry, but this movie is gross. Does anybody know how
sickening it is to see a boy spread out on a silver dinner
platter as if he were the intended dinner? I certainly hope
that anybody reading that description of a scene in this
clinker will agree with me that it is definately sick and
disgusting. This is the movie that pushed the needless
obsession for adapting old television serials over the
edge? I'm disappointed. While I certainly love the
director's later efforts like Get Shorty and Men in Black,
that does not mean that Sonnenfeld should have had to make
his debut with something as offensive as this. At least the
satire in MAD magazine("The Ad-Nauseum Family") provided a
good antidote after seeing this crapola. And why? Simple:
Because it showed how wretched the actual movie really is.
And that's what I about MAD, they can somtimes show how
terrible a lot of the movies out there really are, and can
tell a story that's much funnier than the actual film that
the satire is based on as well. Anyway, what next? A movie
based on that other haunted house series that also ran just
two seasons, the Munsters? I should hope not, and people
had better not get any of the wrong ideas from what I'm
saying. The same goes for this movie.

Well, I guess I kind of have a wierd sense of humor, but I
absolutely loved this movie and the crazy atmosphere that
was in it. Nice, short, and to the point.

Raul Julia as Gomez was awesome. He brings lots of energy &
charisma to the movie. Fester was a classic, lots of weird
facial expressions, as was cute little Wednesday, who
actually stood out with her morbid but ideal delivery.
My favourite scene was (check spelling) the mamooshka
scene, what a classic, i remember rewinding that part
heaps, laughing my head off at how sick Gomez is.
I can see the wooden serious types hating this movie, but
if u arent, u will like it. I suppose it helps having a bit
of a dark twisted sense of humour, i found this movie fun
to watch.

A very funny adaptation of the old television sitcom. The
entire cast is excellent, but most especially Raul Julia,
Angelica Houston, Christopher LLoyd, and Christina Ricci.
Also, the special effects used for Thing are impressive.
Make sure you take your warped sense of humor with you,
however.

this family reminds me alot of my own lovely lovely family
but most of them don't realise this (which makes it even
better) since there is no sense of irony about their
behaviour. my brother is fester and i am the thing