The Addams Family [1991]

Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Family

Ryan Anderson
Tony Azito	Digit Addams
Paul Benedict	Judge Womack
John Franklin	Cousin Itt
Victoria Hall
Anjelica Huston	Morticia Addams
Raul Julia	Gomez Addams
Christopher Lloyd	Uncle Fester / Gordon Craven
Elizabeth Wilson	Abigail Craven / Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss
Christina Ricci	Wednesday Addams
Judith Malina	Grandma
Dan Hedaya	Tully Alford, Addams' Attorney
Carel Struycken	Lurch
Christopher Hart	Thing
Dana Ivey	Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams
Jimmy Workman	Pugsley Addams
Douglas Brian Martin	Dexter Addams
Steven M. Martin	Donald Addams
Allegra Kent	Cousin Ophelia Addams
Richard Korthaze	Slosh Addams
Ryan Holihan	Lumpy Addams
Maureen Sue Levin	Flora Amor

Director	Barry Sonnenfeld
Producer	Bonnie Arnold; Jack Cummins; Scott Rudin
Writer	Charles Addams; Caroline Thompson; Larry Wilson

Director Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black) brings his distinctly cartoonish sensibility to this feature film version of the old Charles Addams comic strip. Anjelica Huston was born to play Morticia Addams, matriarch of the ghoulish Addams clan, while the late Raul Julia is a very agreeable, lusty Gomez. But it's Christina Ricci who arguably steals the show as their stone-faced daughter, Wednesday. As is often the problem with adaptations of comics or television shows, somehow an original story has to be implemented that doesn't clutter things up. But clutter is an issue here as the script gets tangled on a lame plot concerning efforts to steal the Addams' house and fortune. Still, it's fun to see an ideal cast reanimate an old favourite. --Tom Keogh