![]() ![]() (Something I actually didn't realize before researching their history for this review.) I had missed the 2019 movie, but when Universal sent us The Addams Family 2 for review, they graciously hooked us up with the first one for context.Ģ019's The Addams Family is an interesting reimagining of the series, with heavy leanings on dark and gross imagery to fuel the humor. The beloved macabre and morbid family has seen many iterations over the decades that have followed, the latest of which started with a new computer-animated feature film in 2019, with animation designs inspired by Charles Addams' own drawings. The show had run in the mid-60's, but it had actually spawned from a comic series that cartoonist Charles Addams had created back in 1938. Movie Reviews (Main) > Movie Reviews (Main)Īs a kid in the 80's, I grew up watching reruns of The Addams Family, that creepy and kooky ghoulish family.Indie Reviews (Main) > Indie Reviews (Main).It grows on you, and the story has a simplistic, wholesome feel to it, despite the fact that the characters are obsessed with death and constantly concocting ways to kill one another. At first I was reminded too much of a video game, preventing my full immersion into the story and the characters I knew and loved. As such, it takes a minute to settle into this medium. In fact, it feels a lot like an extension of the most recent animated television show, though naturally the medium of animation has changed quite a bit in nearly 30 years, and so we aren't seeing hand-drawn cells, but rather computer generated art. However, MGM swooped in with intentions for their own animated feature, and now here we are, left with a decent, cutesy film that expands the Addams’ universe, but does little to help it progress towards something greater or new. In putting together this film, the rights to the franchise were originally acquired in 2010 with the idea of a stop-motion feature directed by, who else, Tim Burton, a move fans of Burton and his various animated ventures like “Corpse Bride” and “Frankenweenie” craved vehemently. ![]()
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