1991 · comedy · fantasy
The Addams Family
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld1h 40m1991
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.
Our read: The Addams Family (1991) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured comedy / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
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