ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
Anjelica
Huston, Raul Julia,Christopher Lloyd
Paramount
Pictures; Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld
Rated
PG-13; 94 minutes; 1993
Welcome back to the irreverent world of
Charles Addam痴 macabre characters as they return to the screen. Love is in the
air. And when that air surrounds the Addams Family, event unfold in
delightfully unexpected ways. Take Gomez and Morticia: passionate, devoted,
demented, and thrilled by their new arrival, baby Pubert. The love bug has
bitten Uncle Fester, an innocent if ever there was one, who has developed his
own yearning for Debbie Jellinsky, the new nanny with her own ideas about
Fester痴 future, none of which involve his longevity. Even young Wednesday has
met a kindred spirit in the most unlikely of locations - summer camp. The
lunacy is again under the auspices director of the team that created "THE
ADDAMS FAMILY," "MEN IN BLACK" director Barry Sonnenfeld.
REVIEWS
"Delightfully arch, subversive
humor. A cast and visual conception that are perfect. Buoyant in absurd,
wonderful ways!"
末 Janet Maslin, NEW YORK TIMES
"A rare comedy sequel that improves
on the original. A hit!"
末 David Denby, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"Those cool ghouls are back!"
末 Jack Kroll, NEWSWEEK
"Devilishly wicked and witty!"
末 Jeffrey Lyons, SNEAK PREVIEWS
"Let the lunacy begin! ADDAMS
FAMILY VALUES is better and funnier than the original. Lots of terrifically
ghoulish black humor."
末 Bill Diehl, ABC RADIO NETWORK
"Faster, funnier and more twisted
than the 1991 original."
末 Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE
"Better than the
original...Funnier, more stylish and much more entertaining. High穆tyle
amusement at every turn."
末 David Sheehan, KNBC傍V
"It never lets up! The kinetically
nutty ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES starts out with a full bag of tricks and keeps
lobbing them straight at the audience for all of its 93 minutes."
末 Peter Rainier, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Screamingly funny! Wittier than
the first...it pokes fun at pop culture in that delightfully creepy and kooky
way."
末 Jeff Craig, SIXTY SECOND PREVIEW