header image
poster image

The Addams Family

    Comedy
    Fantasy
71%tmdb logo
•
Nov 22, 1991
Rated PG-13

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.

Details

  • Directors
  • Revenue$191,502,426
  • Budget
    $30,000,000
  • Vote Average
    7.1
  • Vote Count
    4544
  • Popularity
    85
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

StreamingJustWatch Logo

  • fuboTV logo
    Paramount Plus logo
    Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel logo
    Paramount+ Amazon Channel logo

    • Cast

    Background image 1
    Raúl Juliá
    Gomez Addams
    Background image 2
    Anjelica Huston
    Morticia Addams
    Background image 3
    Christopher Lloyd
    Uncle Fester
    Background image 4
    Christina Ricci
    Wednesday Addams
    Background image 5
    Carel Struycken
    Lurch
    Background image 6
    Dan Hedaya
    Tully Alford
    Background image 7
    Jimmy Workman
    Pugsley Addams
    Background image 8
    Elizabeth Wilson
    Abigail Craven / Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss
    Background image 9
    Dana Ivey
    Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams
    Background image 10
    Judith Malina
    Grandma
    Background image 11
    Paul Benedict
    Judge Womack
    Background image 12
    Christopher Hart
    Thing
    Background image 13
    John Franklin
    Cousin It
    Background image 14
    Tony Azito
    Digit Addams
    Background image 15
    Mercedes McNab
    Girl Scout
    Background image 16
    Douglas Brian Martin
    Dexter Addams
    Background image 17
    Steven M. Martin
    Donald Addams
    Background image 18
    Maureen Sue Levin
    Flora Amor
    Background image 19
    Darlene Levin
    Fauna Amor
    Background image 20
    Allegra Kent
    Cousin Ophelia Addams
    Background image 21
    Richard Korthaze
    Slosh Addams
    Background image 22
    Ryan Holihan
    Lumpy Addams
    Background image 23
    Kate McGregor-Stewart
    Employment Agent
    Background image 24
    Lela Ivey
    Susan Firkins
    Background image 25
    Whit Hertford
    Little Tully
    Background image 26
    Patty Maloney
    Lois Addams
    Background image 27
    Victoria Hall
    Swedish Blonde
    Background image 28
    Jimmy Ross
    Pre-Teen Gomez
    Background image 29
    Ryan Anderson
    Pre-Teen Fester
    Background image 30
    Daniel Pikus
    Teenage Gomez
    Background image 31
    Michael Hittesdorf
    Teenage Fester
    Background image 32
    Valerie C. Walker
    Teenage Fauna
    Background image 33
    Joe Zimmerman
    Long Arm Addams
    Background image 34
    Steve Welles
    Fingers Addams
    Background image 35
    Eugene Jackson
    One-Armed Bass Player
    Background image 36
    Richard Tanner
    Snake Charmer
    Background image 37
    Marc Shaiman
    Conductor
    Background image 38
    Jonathan Wee
    Juggler
    Background image 39
    Owen Morse
    Juggler
    Background image 40
    Sally Jessy Raphael
    Herself
    Background image 41
    Benny Wills
    Elf
    Background image 42
    Lauren Walker
    Teenage Flora

    Recommended

    Addams Family Values
    Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
    Item image
    Casper
    Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
    Item image
    Hotel Transylvania
    Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything!
    Item image
    Address Unknown
    A 16 year old boy who had thought that his father's death was an accident, suspects otherwise when he receives a 10-year-old lost letter his father had written just before his death.
    Item image
    ParaNorman
    In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, but no one other than his eccentric new friend believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's eccentric uncle tells him of a ritual he must perform to protect the town from a curse cast by a witch centuries ago.
    Item image
    The Addams Family
    The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration.
    Item image
    Monster House
    Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
    Item image
    The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
    After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes... and exposed backsides.
    Item image
    Beethoven
    The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible sideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list.
    Item image
    Delusions of Grandeur
    Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
    Item image
    The Adjustment Bureau
    A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.
    Item image
    Hook
    The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.
    Item image
    The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
    A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
    Item image
    The Addams Family 2
    The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters.
    Item image
    The Flintstones
    Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.
    Item image
    Wayne's World
    The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"—and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra.
    Item image

    Reviews

    (2)
    Gimly
    60%
    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._
    CinemaSerf
    70%
    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.