The Addams Family (Blu-ray)
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
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
Product Description
Looking for something creepy, spooky, kooky and altogether ooky? When
long-lost Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) reappears after twenty-five
years in the Bermuda Triangle, Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia
(Anjelica Huston) plan a celebration to wake the dead. But Wednesday
(Christina Ricci) barely has time to warm up her electric chair before
Thing points out Fester’s uncharacteristically “normal” behaviour.
Could this Fester be a fake, part of a diabolical scheme to raid the
Addams fortune?
