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The Addams Family / Addams Family Values

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(This is a one disk set with both movies on the same disk). The movies are great, but the only thing that bothered me is, they are not in wide-screen format as promised in the advertisements. It even says it's supposed to be wide screen on the disk itself, but its not. But the movies are the same great movies...just have to get over the full-screen formatting.

The original Addams family movie is the return of Uncle Fester who lost at sea in the bermuda triangle and finds his way home with amnesia. Though the Addams are finally reunited they are separated again with the help of a greedy real-estate agent, lone shark, and less then friendly Judge. Forced out of the comfort of their mansion the Addams must learn to live with the outside world until Fester starts to remember life with his family and they band together to fight to get everything they had back to the way it was. Every Cast Member plays their roll wonderfully enough to make you forget they're not the original cast members to the TV show.

The Addams Family Values is a sequel to the first movie with the original cast members (family members anyway...new evil characters are introduced). It starts off with Mortisha giving birth to a baby boy. With the new baby in the house Mortisha and Gomes decide to hire a nanny (Joan Cusack) who turns out to be a demented murder that agrees to marry Fester and tries to tear him apart from his family to steal the Addams Family fortune.

The movie Addam's Family is a little darker than the orginal TV bunch. More sinister -- less innocent in intent.

Wonderful campy performances by the entire cast, especially Wednesday. The camp sequences in _Addams Family Values_ alone is worth the price of admission.

Very witty screenplays -- I pretty much laughed my way through both of these.

Two thumbs up.

These are both enjoyable movies. The first one is my favorite of the two, but the second is still highly enjoyable and worth having on this disk. All the major roles are perfectly cast as far as I'm concerned. The special effects are fantastic for their time. I've always wondered how they did the effects for Thing. If the movie were more recent It'd be done as a CG character, but I'm pretty sure this was before they would have been able to do it that way.

Cute, entertaining movie(s) with all-star casts. This will become a tradition around Halloween at our house (as well as other times of year). Unique films without being overly violent or gory. Very enjoyable and totally recommend for family movie entertainment.

When these came out over 15 years ago they were very much mainstream events that seemed a bit over-hyped, and perhaps not as funny as you hoped. But either the world has changed, or surely I have, because they now seem witty and utterly hilarious. Perhaps I was looking for a goth-fest in the manner of Tim Burton at the time, but when you accept and engage with these as black comedy spectacles, you will have the time of your life. It's amazing now to see Carol Kane, virtually unrecognizable as Morticia's mother, and Raul Julia in prime form. The charismatic performances of Christina Ricci are everlasting, not flashes in the pan. Anjelica Huston heats up the screen, whenever Christopher Lloyd isn't eating it. Big fun overall, and they make a perfect double-feature.

I love both movies although Family Values has a slightly better plot than Values. I do like Values better though. Both movies are highly recommended for watching and buying if you like funny "horror" movies. Horror in the sense that it is an atmospheric horror type movie without any actual gore, etc. on the screen. It's all implied and left up to the viewer's imagination. If you've seen the tv show, then expect more of that. Anjelica Houston is perfect as Morticia and Raul Julia is perfect as Gomez. The rest of the cast is excellent also in both movies.

Features:
Both movies are widescreen and on one dvd. Unless there are hidden easter eggs, the only special features on the dvd for both movies are the theatrical trailers for both movies--a total of 4 trailers on the dvd. Both movies have English subtitles only. The audio options are English 5.1 surround and English 2.0 surround. The dvd transfer looks fine. The dvd itself plays fine in my old, cranky player, which is rare since it usually has trouble playing discs because of the copyright protection on the discs I have.

Why I'm disappointed is that I expected more special features on the disc itself. I was surprised when I opened the disc and found both movies on one disc. If the lack of special features does not bother you (and it doesn't bother me a lot), then this set is the one you want since it a reasonable price for both movies. Recommended.

I cannot envision a better cast to play these roles than the ones selected in these films. Raul Julia is perfection in the role of the dashing and romantic, but easily collapsable Gomez. Angelica Huston is absolutely sublime, mysterious and seductive. Christopher Lloyd is sheer genius as Fester, bumbling and awkward but completely ghoulish. I'm so glad he didn't copy the screeching voice from the Fester in the series. I'll stop short of saying Christina Ricci stole the show, simply because both movies were so very well written, directed, cast and acted that I cannot for the life of me pick a favorite. These are two of my favorite movies of all time. There is humor in almost every line, every expression, every situation. Marvelous.

I saw both of these movies in the theater, and bought them on VHS. I have no idea why it has taken me this long to replace them on DVD. Having both shows in one is BRILLIANT! It saves shelf space, and
watching one makes you want to watch the other. These movies gave
my entire family great pleasure, especially since we watched at Halloween.
My six year old niece is easliy frightened, so these movies were good
to toughen her for scarier fare. There are some ghoulish elements, but
everything is so funny that they don't seem scary. The casting in these films is flawless. It is a shame Raul Julia passed away before they could make a third film.

Great actors expecially the late Raul Julia. You get both movies in one set at an even better price. Once you see these movies you will add them to your favorties.

I bought this for my young daughter for Christmas and we really enjoy it. Having both of these movies on the same DVD makes storage easier AND it ensures they don't get seperated if we want to watch them back to back.

I grew up a big fan of the Addams family, original series. My 9yr old daughter grew up as a fan of the remake of this series, which came out as two movies: The Addams Family and Addams Family Values. Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston and Christopher Lloyd do a wonderful job in the remakes; so much so, that I personally like the remakes almost as much as the original.