This new animated feature about the Addams Family captures both the creepiness and dark humor of Charles Addams’s brilliant cartoons. The title for this film could have been Mosters vs. HGTV. A massive new housing development opens near the Addams Family house and skullduggery results. The star of the housing development, Margoux Needler (Allison Janney), intends to destroy the Addams’s house which she sees as an eye-sore. Meanwhile, Gomez (Oscar Isaac) trains his son, Pugsley (Finn Wolfhard), in the Addams Family tradition of the Mazurka, a rite of passage for Addams males. Wednesday (Chloe Grace Moretz) attends the local Middle School and learns many valuable lessons. I also enjoyed Morticia Addams (Charlize Theron) and her icy demeanor.
If you’re in the mood for a campy romp with a Halloween vibe, I’d recommend The Addams Family. Are you an Addams Family fan? Do you have a favorite Halloween movie? GRADE: B
VOICE CAST:
Oscar Isaac as Gomez Addams, Morticia’s husband.
Charlize Theron as Morticia Addams, Gomez’s wife.
Chloë Grace Moretz as Wednesday Addams, Gomez and Morticia’s daughter.
Finn Wolfhard as Pugsley Addams, Gomez and Morticia’s son.
Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester, Gomez’s brother.
Bette Midler as Grandmama, Gomez and Fester’s mother.
Conrad Vernon as Lurch, the Addams Family’s butler.
Vernon also voices a priest that presides over Gomez and Mortica’s wedding; the spirit that haunted the abandoned asylum that Gomez and Morticia move into (who often threatened anyone in to “Get Out!”, much to the family’s delight); and Dr. Flambe, a devil-like relative of the Addams family with fire-like abilities.
Snoop Dogg as Cousin Itt, Gomez and Fester’s hairy cousin.
Allison Janney as Margaux Needler, a sly and greedy reality TV show host and homemaking guru.
Elsie Fisher as Parker Needler, Margaux’s neglected and rebellious daughter who befriends Wednesday.
Tituss Burgess as Glenn, Margaux’s agent.
Pom Klementieff as Layla and Kayla, twin girls who are Parker’s friends.
Chelsea Frei as Bethany, a girl who picks on Parker.
Jenifer Lewis as Great Auntie Sloom, Grandmama’s dwarfish sister who uses stilts under her dress to appeared much taller than Grandmama.
Martin Short as Grandpa Frump, Morticia’s late father who Morticia contacts through a séance.
Catherine O’Hara as Grandma Frump, Morticia’s late mother who Morticia contacts through a séance.