Also special shoutout to chameleon actor Dan Hedaya.
He definitely took the part in a different direction than Jackie Coogan but his own brand of pent-up energy makes this new Fester feel right at home. Then we have Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester - or rather the possible impostor Fester. Jimmy Workman and Christina Ricci were the perfect diabolical duo of Pugsley and Wednesday - Ricci often steals the show. Anjelica Huston was born to play Morticia. Raul Julia defined Gomez Addams for a generation. This is an example of how a casting director got everything perfect. But this movie wouldn’t be anything without its cast. Sonnenfeld’s comedic timing as a director and the film’s excellent script by Caroline Thompson and Larry Wilson are all highlights of the show. I watch this movie every couple of years and I'm still rediscovering old jokes that I think are funnier as an adult than when I was a kid. Both are steeped in sarcasm, but with this film, the humor can appeal to a child-safe audience but with enough adult innuendo that the jokes can work differently the older you are and still be damn funny. I simply find myself naturally leaning into this Addams Family’s particular sense of humor. Now I’m not saying this Addams Family is better than that Addams Family - they’re both great and amazing and I love them both. It has the look and feel of the classic 60s television show and the original cartoon strip, but it’s bigger, funnier, and far more irreverent than that show could ever be given the broadcast constraints of the time period. Watching him in interviews, Sonnenfeld’s natural sardonic wry sense of humor was perfect for this big-screen iteration of everyone’s favorite ghoulishly funny family. After a terrific stint as the Coen Brothers’ go-to cinematographer, Barry Sonnenfeld made a wise first choice to crack into directing. It was hilarious to me then and it’s actually a funnier movie now that I’m all grown up. I loved The Addams Family when I saw it *gasp* 30 years ago in the theater when I was all of nine years old. Possibly even smells like him, but the family has their doubts. But is it really Uncle Fester? It looks like him. During their latest gathering - Fester returns apparently having been lost in the Bermuda Triangle. After a horrible fight, Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) Addams with their children Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) and Wednesday (Christina Ricci), their butler Lurch (Carel Struycken), and their able-bodied disembodied hand Thing hold an annual seance to bring back their long-missing Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd).
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