Movie Title: Addams Family Values
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Carol Kane, Jimmy Workman
Review: The members of the odd Addams Family are up to more macabre antics in this sequel. This time around, Gomez Addams (Raul Julia) and his wife, Morticia (Anjelica Huston), are celebrating the arrival of a baby boy. But siblings Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) are none too happy about the new addition, and try their best to eliminate the infant. When nanny Debbie Jelinsky (Joan Cusack) appears to keep the kids in line, her presence leads to an unexpected treacherous twist. Sequels often get a bad rap, but Addams Family Values delivers as a successful continuation of The Addams Family. There's a lot going on here between Debbie's plot to weasel her way into the Addams family, and Wednesday and Pugsley hilariously traversing their way through summer camp. One of the funniest scenes comes from the summer camp play, where Wednesday as Pocahontas and Puglsey as the turkey, flip the script on the first Thanksgiving and start an all out war. This film is essentially more of the same type of shenanigans as the original, but that isn't a bad thing. The Addams family are a joy to watch and I recommend watching this film in conjunction with the original classic.
Fun Fact: Carol Kane, who plays Grandmama, is almost a year younger than Anjelica Huston, who plays her daughter, Morticia Addams.