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In ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES, Barry Sonnenfeld has performed the remarkable feat of making a sequel even more entertaining than its predecessor. The charmingly creepy Addams family (based on characters originally created by the morbid Charles Addams) have two new additions, mustachioed baby Pubert and sunny nanny Debbie Jellinsky. .. Read more

Starring	Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci
Director	Barry Sonnenfeld
Genres	Comedy, Family

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- This is less a movie and more a sequence of gags set in an elongated sit-com, of which few are inspired and most too ordinary to amuse, but it has its moments.
- 31142
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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- - 5
  - 0
  The happiest of families
  
  'Addams Family Values' is that rare thing, a sequel that is the equal of the first film.
  
  The performances from the leads - Angelica Huston, ... read more »
  
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- 303526
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Hierophant
  - 26 reviews
  - Ipswich
  - 13 May 2004 at 13:01
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- - 0
  - 0
  brilliant film
  
  rarely do classic tv series get turned into really great films, this one does, like the 1st film this one has all the cookey zaney stuff you'd expect.read more »
  
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- - cheesekake
  - 756 reviews
  - uk
  - 24 May 2012 at 20:53
- - 0
  - 0
  addams family
  
  i love the addams family they are so funny and are a reall family and are so funny and great also are so great and i love all things american
  
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- 1055254
- - sa5m
  - 7 reviews
  - 25 Oct 2011 at 17:03
- - 0
  - 0
  spot on subversion
  
  The American dream turned on its head, given a moustache and a cigar and sent off to live in a graveyard.
  
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- 893351
- - yomeboy
  - 3 reviews
  - Cambridge, UK
  - 22 May 2010 at 22:04
- - 1
  - 1
  Average
  
  Rented this for old time's sake but wasn't as funny as i remember.
  
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- - a customer
  - Northallerton
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 18:27
- - 2
  - 1
  'Addams Family Values'
  
  Not an ounce on the 70's TV series but it kept the kids quiet for an hour, so it must have been enjoyable to them
  
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- 564184
- - ian3
  - 538 reviews
  - Salisbury
  - 10 May 2008 at 18:48
- - 0
  - 1
  Love it
  
  I loved this film as a kid, Joan Cusack, need I say more - this is a great role for her, I love that she's not somebody's sister or somebody's best ... read more »
  
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- 555180
- - Stepho
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Apr 2008 at 13:08
- - 0
  - 1
  Great fun.
  
  My daughter missed the start of this when it was on TV as I wasn't sure whether she'd find it funny, how wrong I was the humour was definately at her ... read more »
  
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- - Becky
  - Norwich
  - 29 Jan 2007 at 20:31
- - 0
  - 1
  addams family values
  
  Not as good as I expected and nowhere near as good as the original television series
  
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- 197740
- - a customer
  - Stroud, England
  - 24 Jan 2006 at 10:16
- - 2
  - 0
  Good, but alarmingly adult for a PG
  
  My 8 year old daughter loved the original Addams Family and both films are very well done.
  
  However much of the plot in Family Values revolves around ... read more »
  
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- - Mungo
  - Brighton
  - 09 Aug 2004 at 11:20
- - 2
  - 1
  addams
  
  A good and alarmingly funny movie.A good story line and fantastic characters.I like wednesday with her straight face [she hardly smiles]and the dancing.
  
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- 10308
- - a customer
  - Pinner England
  - 12 Jul 2004 at 20:29
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- - 5
  - 0
  The happiest of families
  
  'Addams Family Values' is that rare thing, a sequel that is the equal of the first film.
  
  The performances from the leads - Angelica Huston, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 303526
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Hierophant
  - 26 reviews
  - Ipswich
  - 13 May 2004 at 13:01
- - 2
  - 0
  Good, but alarmingly adult for a PG
  
  My 8 year old daughter loved the original Addams Family and both films are very well done.
  
  However much of the plot in Family Values revolves around ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 14028
- - Mungo
  - Brighton
  - 09 Aug 2004 at 11:20
- - 2
  - 1
  addams
  
  A good and alarmingly funny movie.A good story line and fantastic characters.I like wednesday with her straight face [she hardly smiles]and the dancing.
  
  Report this review
- 10308
- - a customer
  - Pinner England
  - 12 Jul 2004 at 20:29
- - 2
  - 1
  'Addams Family Values'
  
  Not an ounce on the 70's TV series but it kept the kids quiet for an hour, so it must have been enjoyable to them
  
  Report this review
- 564184
- - ian3
  - 538 reviews
  - Salisbury
  - 10 May 2008 at 18:48
- - 1
  - 1
  Average
  
  Rented this for old time's sake but wasn't as funny as i remember.
  
  Report this review
- 632796
- - a customer
  - Northallerton
  - 21 Sep 2008 at 18:27
- - 0
  - 0
  spot on subversion
  
  The American dream turned on its head, given a moustache and a cigar and sent off to live in a graveyard.
  
  Report this review
- 893351
- - yomeboy
  - 3 reviews
  - Cambridge, UK
  - 22 May 2010 at 22:04
- - 0
  - 0
  addams family
  
  i love the addams family they are so funny and are a reall family and are so funny and great also are so great and i love all things american
  
  Report this review
- 1055254
- - sa5m
  - 7 reviews
  - 25 Oct 2011 at 17:03
- - 0
  - 0
  brilliant film
  
  rarely do classic tv series get turned into really great films, this one does, like the 1st film this one has all the cookey zaney stuff you'd expect.read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1121480
- - cheesekake
  - 756 reviews
  - uk
  - 24 May 2012 at 20:53
- - 0
  - 1
  addams family values
  
  Not as good as I expected and nowhere near as good as the original television series
  
  Report this review
- 197740
- - a customer
  - Stroud, England
  - 24 Jan 2006 at 10:16
- - 0
  - 1
  Great fun.
  
  My daughter missed the start of this when it was on TV as I wasn't sure whether she'd find it funny, how wrong I was the humour was definately at her ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 407270
- - Becky
  - Norwich
  - 29 Jan 2007 at 20:31

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Critics' reviews
- This is less a movie and more a sequence of gags set in an elongated sit-com, of which few are inspired and most too ordinary to amuse, but it has its moments.
- 31142
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...Wholly wonderful performances by Joan Cusack...and Christina Ricci, whose blank-faced strangeness is used to even better effect than in the first film..."
- 9369
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- Gomez and Morticia (Julia and Huston) have a baby, Pubert. As sequels go, this is passable: no more coherent than the... read more on Time Out
- 44340
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- "...Glee on the screen....Buoyant in absurd, wonderful ways..."
- 9367
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...Inspired dementia..." - Recommended
- 9368
- - Premiere
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- "...[Julia is] picture-perfect..."
- 9366
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58

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  In ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES, Barry Sonnenfeld has performed the remarkable feat of making a sequel even more entertaining than its predecessor. The charmingly creepy Addams family (based on characters originally created by the morbid Charles Addams) have two new additions, mustachioed baby Pubert and ...