The Addams Family Movies - Nostalgia Critic

For being the outcasts, people sure do love this creepy and kooky family. Nostalgia Critic says the Sonnenfeld films are what capture their spirit the best and he's gonna explain why. Let's take a look at The Addams Family movies.

The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 unrelated single-panel cartoons, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker over a 50-year period since their inception in 1938. They have since been adapted to other media, such as television, film, video games, comic books, a musical and merchandising. The franchise was revived in the 1990s with a feature film series consisting of The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). The films inspired a second animated series (1992–1993) which is set in the same fictional universe.

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[ChannelAwesome]

Favorite scenes from The Addams Family movies?

[liimlsan]

I remember a serious discussion on Tumblr, about the Addams family graveyard: "What does it take to KILL an Addams? They try to kill each other all the time and survive anything."

I think the best answer we settled on was "They only decide to die if the death would be more dramatic than surviving."

[RaggedyMan]

Where the animated movies went wrong was they added dysfunction to the family. The Addam's despite their macbre lives were the perfect family. Gomez and Morticia were terrific parents who nurtured and supported their children's endeavors. Pugsley and Wednesday, even with their wild streaks, minded their parents.

[scarhead]

“They said she danced naked in the town square and enslaved the minister. But don’t worry. We told Wednesday, ‘College first!’l gets me every time 😂

[Himax]

The single most important thing to remember about the Adams Family, is that they are in all fact a healthy, happy, well-adjusted, and loving family.
Seriously.
They are comfortable in their own skins. They know who they are and what they love. And they don't CARE what others think of them.
If anything, we should all aspire to live like the Adams Family.

[sipioc]

“He has my father’s eyes.”

“Gomez take those out of his mouth.”

Love that line!

[Doppity]

I love how Morticia's eyes are always illuminated. It adds so much to her character

[scottbuckley]

I'm just going to say Raul Julia will always be remembered for being both charming and hilarious in one.

[IsleofJaya]

Joel: Wednesday, do you think someday you might want to get married and have kids?"

Wednesday: "No."

Joel : " But what if you met just the right man, who worshiped and adored you, who'd do anything you say, who'd be your devoted slave? Then what would you do?"

Wednesday "I'd pity him."

[phantomstrider]

I think you bring up a really good point about the Adams family being optimistic in the face of the macabre. By them embracing fearful, scary subjects, and making us laugh at them, we also acknowledge them. And that can make them less scary and easier to process. Personally I find it kinda therapeutic 🙂 Also, I definitely want to check the '91 and '93 movies out now 😄

[LilyZerep]

Wednesday: "I don't want to be in the pageant."
Gary: "Don't you want to help me realize my vision?"
Wednesday: "Your work is puerile and under-dramatized. You lack any sense of structure, character and the Aristotelian unities."
Lol Wednesday is the best 😂

[octo-generaljones]

These movies taught me a valuable lesson when I was young. When you plan to put an “exotic dancer” inside of a cake, make sure you finish baking the cake before you put the dancer in it.

[NightoftheLivingcookies]

“He has my father’s eyes”
“Gomez take those out of his mouth”

COMEDY GOLD

[Darkon]

Christopher Lloyd is the reason why Uncle Fester is my favorite character in The Addams Family. He just brought a certain insane bizarreness to his performance that I don't think anyone can match up to. And in my opinion, he was just made for the role. Also let's be honest, Gomez and Morticia are one of the greatest fictional couples ever.

[anumeon]

Raul Julia was, and forever will be. The greatest actor whom ever acted.. When he commited to a character (Bison or Gomez) regardless of how silly that character was. Darn could he ever bring them to life... And his chemistry with Christopher Lloyd was phenomenal...

[koneheadcolahead]

Honestly, The Addams Family might be the only family that could bring Dracula on a Plane and nobody would be suspicious of it.

[charleslee]

My favorite line from the sequel: "An axe. Oh, that takes me back." I also loved the "I have seen horror!" monologue at the police station.

[andrealopriore]

"Is it a boy?"
"Is it a girl?"
"It's an Addams!"
😂😂😂😂😂
Loved the Addams Family movies growing up. I watched the first two, which were great, and the third one, of which I don't remember a thing.

[tekno]

These movies have a special place in my heart.

Some of my favorite lines:

Uncle Knicknack's wardrobe, Uncle Knicknack's Uncle Knicknack"

"He has my father eyes"
"Gomez, get those out of his mouth"

[loneronin]

I haven't seen these movies, but when Morticia said, "Fester, cyanide..." I could've sworn she was going to continue with, "Who's the lucky girl?" I remember seeing the show a while back and I loved it. Sometimes even the original tv show had some delightfully dark jokes. A favorite example of mine is the fact that Wednesday has a headless doll named Marie Antoinette. That's just too brilliant! XD

This is just me inserting my own ideas onto the show itself, but I always imagined that deep down Lurch is exasperated by the rest of the family's antics. I would always hear him groan his usual lines but whenever he was offscreen I would imagine him complaining and grumbling with the extensive vocabulary of an academic as he let out a small rant to echo his frustration and bemoaning his lot in life.