The Addams Family
Weird Is Relative
1991 | 100m | English
Popularity: 7 (history)
| Director: | Barry Sonnenfeld |
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| Writer: | Caroline Thompson, Larry Wilson |
| Staring: |
| When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 22, 1991 |
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| Director: | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Writer: | Caroline Thompson, Larry Wilson |
| Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Keywords | dancing, secret passage, dead wish, black humor, fencing, uncle, eccentric, mansion, loan shark, accountant, creepy, disembodied hand, anxious, long lost sibling |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $191,502,426
Budget: $30,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Raúl Juliá | Gomez Addams |
| Anjelica Huston | Morticia Addams |
| Christopher Lloyd | Uncle Fester |
| Christina Ricci | Wednesday Addams |
| Carel Struycken | Lurch |
| Dan Hedaya | Tully Alford |
| Jimmy Workman | Pugsley Addams |
| Elizabeth Wilson | Abigail Craven / Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss |
| Dana Ivey | Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams |
| Judith Malina | Grandma |
| Paul Benedict | Judge Womack |
| Christopher Hart | Thing |
| John Franklin | Cousin It |
| Tony Azito | Digit Addams |
| Mercedes McNab | Girl Scout |
| Douglas Brian Martin | Dexter Addams |
| Steven M. Martin | Donald Addams |
| Maureen Sue Levin | Flora Amor |
| Darlene Levin | Fauna Amor |
| Allegra Kent | Cousin Ophelia Addams |
| Richard Korthaze | Slosh Addams |
| Ryan Holihan | Lumpy Addams |
| Kate McGregor-Stewart | Employment Agent |
| Lela Ivey | Susan Firkins |
| Whit Hertford | Little Tully |
| Patty Maloney | Lois Addams |
| Victoria Hall | Swedish Blonde |
| Jimmy Ross | Pre-Teen Gomez |
| Ryan Anderson | Pre-Teen Fester |
| Daniel Pikus | Teenage Gomez |
| Michael Hittesdorf | Teenage Fester |
| Valerie C. Walker | Teenage Fauna |
| Joe Zimmerman | Long Arm Addams |
| Steve Welles | Fingers Addams |
| Eugene Jackson | One-Armed Bass Player |
| Richard Tanner | Snake Charmer |
| Marc Shaiman | Conductor |
| Jonathan Wee | Juggler |
| Owen Morse | Juggler |
| Sally Jessy Raphael | Herself |
| Benny Wills | Elf |
| Lauren Walker | Teenage Flora |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bill Bernstein | Thanks |
| Ron Lynch | Thanks |
| Susan Ringo | Thanks |
| William Sherak | Thanks |
| Marc Platt | Thanks |
| Barry Sonnenfeld | Director |
| Caroline Thompson | Screenplay |
| Larry Wilson | Screenplay |
| Marc Shaiman | Original Music Composer |
| Owen Roizman | Director of Photography |
| Charles Addams | Characters |
| Keith Campbell | Stunts |
| David R. Ellis | Stunt Coordinator |
| Mary Peters | Stunts |
| Annie Ellis | Stunts |
| Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Randy Kovitz | Stunts |
| Owen Walstrom | Stunts |
| Richard Macdonald | Production Design |
| Margie Stone McShirley | Art Direction |
| Dede Allen | Editor |
| Jim Miller | Editor |
| Randy Glass | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Cheryal Kearney | Set Decoration |
| John Sweeney | Set Decoration |
| Ruth Myers | Costume Design |
| Fern Buchner | Makeup Designer |
| Kevin Haney | Makeup Artist |
| J. Todd Anderson | Storyboard Artist |
| James Ashwill | Sound Mixer, Foley Mixer |
| Kevin Bartnof | Foley Artist, Sound |
| Gary D. Bierend | Effects Supervisor |
| Mike Edmonson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| David Rubin | Casting Director |
| Danny Rogers | Stunts |
| David Welch | Stunts |
| Jack Cummins | Unit Production Manager |
| Joe Camp III | First Assistant Director |
| Ian Woolf | Second Assistant Director |
| Alan Munro | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Gale Tattersall | Additional Photography |
| Peter Anastos | Choreographer |
| Robin L. Miller | Property Master |
| Cecelia Hall | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Peter F. Kurland | Sound Mixer |
| Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Gary Summers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Anthony Cortino | Hair Designer |
| Debra Zane | Casting Associate |
| Erin M. Cummins | Assistant Art Director |
| Paul Sonski | Assistant Art Director |
| Chuck Gaspar | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Thomas Johnston | Script Supervisor |
| Karen Rasch | First Assistant Editor |
| Gordon Antell | Assistant Editor |
| Grace Valenti | Assistant Editor |
| Rob Hahn | Camera Operator |
| M. Todd Henry | Camera Operator |
| Robert LaBonge | Camera Operator |
| Chris Squires | Camera Operator |
| Ian Fox | First Assistant Camera |
| Michael A. Chavez | First Assistant Camera |
| David Luckenbach | Second Assistant Camera |
| Mark Streapy | Second Assistant Camera |
| Rebecca Baehler | Camera Loader |
| Melinda Sue Gordon | Still Photographer |
| Steve Bowerman | Boom Operator |
| Gary Wright | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Joseph A. Ippolito | Sound Effects Editor |
| Trevor Jolly | Sound Effects Editor |
| Howell Gibbens | Sound Effects Editor |
| Marshall Winn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Beth Sterner | Sound Effects Editor |
| John Benson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Steve Mann | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bob O'Brien | Dialogue Editor |
| Constance A. Kazmer | Dialogue Editor |
| Alison Fisher | Dialogue Editor |
| Gloria D'Alessandro | Dialogue Editor |
| Pamela Bentkowski | Foley Editor |
| Christine Danelski | Foley Editor |
| Fred Burke | Foley Editor |
| Juno J. Ellis | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Denise Horta | ADR Editor |
| Nicholas Korda | ADR Editor |
| Greg Curda | Foley Mixer |
| Ken Dufva | Foley Artist |
| David Lee Fein | Foley Artist |
| John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Bob Baron | ADR Recordist |
| George A. Martin | Music Editor |
| Linda Matthews | Costume Supervisor |
| Katherine James | Makeup Artist |
| Christopher Shihar | Hairstylist |
| Joseph Brad Kluge | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Gary Holt | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Scott Rudin | Producer |
| Graham Place | Executive Producer |
| Jack Cummins | Co-Producer |
| Bonnie Arnold | Associate Producer |
| Paul Rosenberg | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 47 | 61 | 39 |
| 2024 | 5 | 53 | 85 | 42 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 90 | 149 | 54 |
| 2024 | 11 | 79 | 166 | 46 |
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A tonally loyal adaptation of the 60's TV show. Some nonsensical moments and lacklustre scenes but Huston and Julia steal the thing with such fervour you can't help but enjoy yourself at least a little. _Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._ ...
I reckon central casting could have searched for an hundred years and never cast a better "Morticia" than Anjelica Huston in this enjoyable big screen adaptation of the television series. Happily married to "Gomez" (another inspired casting choice in Raul Julia), they live their nocturnally focussed ... lives with children "Pugsley" (Jimmy Workman),"Wednesday" (an almost unrecognisable Christina Ricci) and stoic, eight-foot tall, butler "Lurch" (Carer Struycken) in their Gothic mansion. Their idyllic existence is put under threat, though, when their erstwhile kindly uncle "Fester" (Christopher Lloyd) is duped by a couple of arch-cons to try and claim their family fortune - and home - and thus render them broke and homeless. Now, can "Gomez" thwart this cunning plan before his family are actually reduced to sleeping in graves - for real? The casting, writing and direction from a top-of-his game Barry Sonnenfeld make for an entertaining spoof of all thing macabre whilst still extolling a semblance of family virtues and loyalty - told in real time and using some amiable flashbacks from when they were all "younger". The visual effects are understated and effective - especially regarding their loyal retainer that is the disembodies "hand" and the script allows Lloyd in particular, but all in general to deliver a dialogue that raises a smile without raising an eyebrow. This is great fun and on a big screen, well worth a watch.