- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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4 out of 5
This delightful follow-up to The Addams Family is blessed with an even blacker vein of humour than the original. Gomez and Morticia (Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston) have a new baby, much to the displeasure of their other children (Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman), while Fester has fallen under the spell of the youngster's scheming black widow nanny (Joan Cusack). Once again, the playing is faultless, but it is Ricci who effortlessly steals the show, whether trying to bump off her new sibling or creating havoc at an all-American summer camp. The sets are wonderful, the cinematography exquisite and Barry Sonnenfeld's direction is exhilarating. The perfect antidote to more traditional, sentimental family fare.
Plot Summary
Comedy horror starring Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia. The arrival of baby Pubert leads to some "deadly" games in the Addams household as the jealous Wednesday and Pugsley try to dispose of their new sibling. Morticia and Gomez hire Debbie as a nanny for the new arrival, and Debbie soon attracts the amorous attentions of Uncle Fester. But the nanny's motives prove to be even more sinister than the Addams clan itself.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Morticia Addams
- Anjelica Huston
- Gomez Addams
- Raul Julia
- Uncle Fester
- Christopher Lloyd
- Debbie Jellinsky
- Joan Cusack
- Wednesday Addams
- Christina Ricci
- Granny
- Carol Kane
- Pugsley Addams
- Jimmy Workman
- Pubert Addams
- Kristin Hooper
- Lurch
- Carel Struycken
- Joel Glicker
- David Krumholtz
- Thing
- Christopher Hart
- Margaret
- Dana Ivey
- Gary Granger
- Peter MacNicol
- Becky Granger
- Christine Baranski
- Amanda Buckman
- Mercedes McNab
- Don Buckman
- Sam McMurray
- Ellen Buckman
- Harriet Sansom Harris
- Mrs Glicker
- Julie Halston
- Mr Glicker
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Pubert Addams
- Kaitlyn Hooper
Crew
- Director
- Barry Sonnenfeld
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