Addams Family Reunion | Forgotten Failures
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2020
- With October right around the corner, I figured it'd be a good time to take a look back at the forgotten failure that is the direct-to-video Addams Family Reunion (1998). This bizarre take on the franchise is even more bizarre than the Addams Family themselves.
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I don't know if you've seen this movie (or if you even like it) but could you do an (almost) cult classics on the movie Drop Dead Fred (1991)? I love that movie! Also could you do an (almost) cult classics on The Little Rascals (1994) and a forgotten failures on The Little Rascals Save the Day (2014) please?
I hope you do The New Addams Family, you did tease at the end of the video! Seriously that’d be great!
How about a Forgotten Failures of The Brady Bunch in the White House, which was a made to TV movie that was suppose to be a sequel to the first 2 Brady Bunch movies released in the mid to late 90's.
That too! :D
I remember FOX Family pushing this movie pretty hard when it came out.
Raul Julia was SO perfect as Gomez that he made Tim Curry look inferior by comparison. Raul may be the only man to ever do that, and I love Tim Curry.
I completely agree.
I agree. I feel like it would be a different story if Tim Curry did it first.
But to be fair, if Curry was given the same script as Raul, he might've done so much better.
Christopher Loyd did an excellent work as well and rest of the cast was astounding honestly one of those rare occasions of the perfect actor for each character
Julia and Astin were both brilliant but different in the part. As much as I love Tim Curry, yeah, he couldn't compete when it came to playing Gomez.
Tim Curry is amazing in his own right but I really can't see anyone but Raul Julia as Gomez.
I actually find that I love John Astin, Raul Julia, and Tim Curry all pretty equally as Gomez. They all have their own hold of the character, and give it the energy it needs to work.
@@WallebyDamned John Astin was amazing, don't get me wrong. But Raul Julia took the role of Gomez and french kissed it with his Puerto Rican Shakespearean flare. This dude is the only reason to sit through the Street Fighter movie! I adore Tim Curry in everything he's done, and yes, he makes the movie watchable. I feel that if he hadn't had to follow Julia and had a chance to make Gomez his own, he'd have knocked it out of the park. But this movie tries waaaay too hard to be like the first 2
I'll take ANYONE playing Gomez over Lennie Weinrib's questionable choice in the 70's cartoon series. Why the hell did he sound like Clyde Crashcup?
@@tiffanyspencer1082
I felt like they made certain decisions only to fool people who like the movies into buying/renting the tape.
This was before companies became notorious for putting out crappy movie after crappy movie "based" on a franchise but basically missing everything that made the original good/superior. I mean even Disney started cranking out their piss poor straight to video sequels.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu literally tho. Fuckin thing was nothing more than a cash grab and they wasted Tim Curry on it
Fun fact: Jerry Messing (who played Pugsley in the film) grew up to be the “M’Lady” fedora tip meme.
No shit!? Thats actually really cool!
Was also on even stevens lol
Thicc bwoi
He was also on the "Fat Camp" sketch in Mr. Show, and Gordon Crisp in Freaks and Geeks. He seems like a truly cool dude.
@@MicheallikeMJ Not so cool for him, apparently:
www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/city/events/216939-freaks-and-geeks-tips-fedora-mlady-meme
I sometimes forget raul julia is dead, then I get sad when people remind me
Quatre Raberba Winner : it was heartbreaking, because he was so good in these movies and in his other roles.
I didn't even know he died I was wondering why they never made a third addams family movie
I didn't know until I watched Linkara's review of the comic book adaptation of Street Fighter: The Movie (You read that right. There was a comic book adaptation of a movie adaptation of a video game, and the practice is more common than you might think). If I recall correctly, playing M. Bison in the movie was his last role. He did research for the part and his scenes were some of the best things about the movie.
Addamses never die, they just rot in peace.
The original cast for the first 2 movies was one of those times where they're were picked perfectly
But then of course people had to keep making money (or trying to) and so things got worse and worse.
Tiffany Spencer : I agree, yet I did like Carol Kane’s portrayal of Grandma even better than Judith Malina’s Grandma.
“He’s having so much fun in the role.” That seems to be true for all the actors who played Gomez.
Raul Julia + Anjelica Huston = one of the best screen couplings of _all time._
not in a kid's movie, not in a comedy movie - in _any_ movie. go ahead! do much better! you won't find many. i guarantee you won't find many more pairings more *instantly* likable, *absurdly* charismatic and genuinely, hilariously _moving_ in their flaming devotion to each other.
they are a _joy_ to watch together. anytime they see each other, magic happens in those two movies.
like i said, one of the best screen pairings of any movie, ever.
Hubert Cross 👍👍‼️ I agree‼️. The on-screen great chemistry between Raul and Anjelica is so fantastic, that it stands out above so many other movie couples. I loved both of ‘The Addams’ movies and was so very sad, when I heard that Raul Julia had died at such a young age. He portrayed Gomez so very well that it would have been nearly impossible to replace him in any future Addams family movies. 😞😪.
I really can't think of anyone...maybe Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel in Overboard.
Hal and Lois but thats on TV
i _love_ your obsession with italics
Raul Julia was the ultimate Gomez Addams. Angelica Huston was the ultimate Morticia, and Christopher Lloyd was the ultimate Fester. They were imposible to replace.
christina ricci was the ultimate wednesday
I prefer the 1960’s actors, apart from Christina Ricci as Wednesday....but this reboot was a disaster.😂
Jimmy workman was the ultimate pugsley
Unless you replace them with their superior originals. The children I'll concede to the movies. Lurch and Thing, depends on the day as to which I prefer since they were so different. Granmama... Sadly I rarely remember her, either version.
@@Me-mb1exI would say give the new Addams family a watch, it was like an update of the 60s show, but with elements of the movies
The Wednesday isn’t that bad. She’s just not Christina Ricci. I know Lisa Loring is the tv version. But Christina IS the perfect Wednesday
And Raul Julia was so brilliant
I'll still argue that Lisa Loring did a great job, seeing as she may have been younger than Ricci. It's not easy to get children that young to be terrific actors, but she was charming and adorable, and that added a lot to the role.
@@SithBunny1 Your right ,But Christina Ricci did The Best and most I Love shes so Cute and Perfect for a Role
Christian Ricci is awesome but I like Lisa Loring the best. The newer Wednesday is sassier and that's cool. The original was more sweet and innocent and I find that juxtaposition funnier.
You mean Nicole Fugere
The Wednesday here is trying to do a Christina impression from the paramount movies she keeps trying to do that in the tv series The New Addams Family as well. Overall she's not totally terrible but she comes off like shes trying to act instead of feeling natural like Christina and Lisa from the 6os show felt overall she's OK but more forgettable compared to Christina and Lisa and now the chick from the Tim Burton Wednesday series looks way better than her also.
The kid playing Pugsley in this gained internet fame as the "tips fedora" meme.
I did not know this. Thanks.
It's stuff like this that makes me love the internet.
So he was tipping his fedora to his presumed cousin? Huh.
He also had a reoccurring role on Freaks and Geeks
I thought this was the Star Wars Kid.
The Uncle Fester in this movie really just seems to someone doing an impersonation of the Jackie Coogan Fester from the TV show.
I see. It's like a Macabre Curly Howard. lol!
While I agree, this version just seemed like a hallow rip off, like he was just trying too hard (which he probably was).
Yeah I definitely got more Curly Howard than anything else out of that character.
I mean I guess if they wanted to separate him from the cinematic version bravo mission accomplished. All that aside this movie is just an unflustered turd.
@Little Bit
Sure, you could make that excuse.
Either way it still sucked.
Based solely on the evidence in this video, must respectively disagree. I see a Stooge dressed as Fester, but no semblance of an Addams.
You got to cover The Munsters' attempt at a movie around this time too!
Holy crap, I had no idea that existed...
Hello you
Or the Munsters tv remake called Mockingbird Lane that aired, or tried to air, in 2012. Only the pilot was shown on NBC, but the series wasn't picked up. It had an alright cast, with Jerry O'Connell, Portia De Rossi, and Eddie Izzard.
I adore that show’s theme and love when it’s quoted in metal solos
I remember the Mockingbird Lane attempted reboot from 2012 but definitely not the film version from the 90s.
Then again most people would be surprised there was actually an (atrocious) leave it to Beaver movie too.
They should do a soft-reboot with Wednesday Adams being the matriarch of a new family. Angela Houston was 40 when the film came out, and Christina Ricci is now 40. It's perfect.
Edit: Ariel Winter is the sister of the actor that played Pugsley. Cast her as Wednesday's daughter.
Christina did do a photoshoot dressed as Morticia, so it would make sense.
@@ColdEthyl92 I was not aware of that. I will definitely check that out. Thanks!
YYEEESSSSSSSS
Christopher Heyerdahl could be the new Lurch.
Or some sort of Lurch Jr.
I love Tim Curry, but his British upper class accent is just wrong for Gomez. Even an American accent would’ve worked better.
It is weird how well Julia's accent worked, given they're meant to be classic old-world old money (Pugsley can fall for all the cousins he wants, that is how they roll)
It’s not really his accent that’s the problem..at least not by itself. It’s compounded by his usual exaggerated schtick. He’s not trying to be Gomez. I’m surprised. I wonder if he was directed to do it this way. But he’s always been a character actor, and Gomez was a leading man type, though in an ensemble cast. I love Tim Curry, but this was not the best casting.
Kairu Hakubi Yep. Raul Julia was great. He went in a completely different direction from John Astin while still managing to maintain the essence of the character, and he and Anjelica Huston paired well together.
@Marc Carran There are like 200 dog breeds, that doesn't mean there's no such thing as a dog.
@Marc Carran NOBODY was saying there's only one british accent. they were saying 'tim curry has a british accent'
(I don't know if he has a dog, but it would be nice if something else in the house got a stroke now and then.)
In the 1991 version, the person who played Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) became a car salesman. I bought a BMW through him in So. Cal. His sister is Ariel Winter from Modern Family.
I think the 2019 animated one could be seen as a "forgotten failure" too.
literally, despite coming out last year, making 3 times its budget, having an all star cast, and a sequel on the works for 2022, i have seen little to none word about it after its threathical run ended (and the ones i have seen, arent positive about it).
Probably cuz the children that loved it aren't posting on the internet just yet
If I'm not mistaken there's a sequel to the 2019 animated feature set to come out in the future made by the same director team. The original target release announced last year was October 2021.
I didn't know it was already out...
Yeah I didn't hear anything about it at all, I didn't know it had come out.
I personally didn’t like it... a lot of the choices made doesn’t seem to fit the characters or property as a whole. Granted, it has some moments that are true, and I do have to give them props for trying to bring back the original character designs, that’s not enough to save the movie for me... I was a bit disappointed by it.
waitwaitwait.
Lurch saving the woman in the pool and carrying her out heroically to big, triumphant music - and then unceremoniously dumping her as soon as is convenient - is _actually funny._
the timing's well done. the joke's just okay, i guess, but the timing is solid. so hey, props to them even if they got _one thing right._
I actually, and uexpectedly, cracked up at that. It was a nice surprise after all the painful cringing I was doing while watching these clips of a movie that looks like a feature-length, Saturday morning children's programming commercial from that time period.
That, and when the Addams family is meeting the woman from the Adams family and Tim Curry tells her her name means pain and sorrow in Latin made me burst out laughing!
@@HickoryDickory86
Well considering Saban was involved I'm not surprised.
They never really knew where to draw the line when it came to licensing and localizing things.
Unfortunately, everything after the 2 movies was garbage going in one directly downward spiral.
Even that recent animated film was just a complete mess of wasted potential.
Hubert Cross I actually chuckled at that part too.
Yes, I genuinely laughed at that.
Both original movies were the definition of the Addams Family. Not a nuclear family, but a family that normal people, labeled as the outcasts just for explaining their feelings through wardrobe, sharing their thoughts, and knowing they have a dark side, could feel at home. It's a place where the unusual is common practice, creative destruction is encouraged, the shy are respected, and the eccentric are welcome. They're the Addams.
A nuclear family means the family consists of two parents and their children. Despite having Fester and Grandmama living with them, the Addams are a nuclear family. Or maybe having a couple of relatives living with them does disqualify them.
@@buckaroobanzai7063 But the idea here is that the Nuclear Family is often idealized in something like the Cleavers in Leave it to Beaver. The Addams could be seen as challenging this ideal by being an anti-nuclear, nuclear family.
Buckaroo Banzai having grandma and uncle live with the family does exclude them from being a member of a nuclear family. They’re all members of an extended family. In my opinion that’s actually slightly better.
Azure Tiger except they are literally not a nuclear family. Their an extended family. Seriously definitions are a thing. You people could just look up what these things are.
@@MamaMOB Regardless of the label you put on it, @Azure Tiger is absolutely correct in that the live-action original was a sideways take on the prevailing contemporary entertainment, primarily sit-coms. It's an OG mash-up of Hammer Horror, the Marx Brothers, and Donna Reed.
Fun fact: the kid that played Pugsley Addams grew up to be the "M'lady" neckbeard guy meme.
Lol is that true? Amazing if it is.
I still think he would prefer being the neck beard meme guy over being remembered for this atrocity.
Chris Koschik : I googled it and yes, this is correct.
Yep that's him, m'lady
Mommy, I'm scared!
Of the Addams Family?
No...the cheap spin off.
That poor kid that would have rented this from some Blockbuster only to find out it was total garbage.
Scarred for life, scarred for life.
So many 60s things were adapted in the 90s. Flintstones, Beverly Hillbillies, Brady Bunch, Mission Impossible, etc.
Yeah but I have to admit when they started adapting old shows like leave it to Beaver you knew the well had run dry.
The Avengers. The UK one.
@@JnEricsonx the movie that killed Sean Connery’s career
The nostalgia cycle seems to run about 30 years. Just like we're remaking so many 90s projects now.
@@brianaguilar8283
And here I was thinking that was the league of extraordinary gentlemen.
In fairness, THIS Fester seems to be channeling the late Jackie Coogan.
Tim Curry is simply the best, loved him since seeing him in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
He has left his mark (a good thing) on so many projects. Sadly the stroke has more or less stopped his live action stuff.
I believe he still does some voice work and responding to fan mail.
@@redkommie80 I heard about that, it honestly made me sad. 😔
Him and Ernie Hudson are *easily* the best parts of the movie Congo
@@KTKZon58 Very damn true!
Tim Curry is great, the guy is just amazing
Hearing the theme song for “The New Addams Family” at the end was a nostalgic blast from the past. I barely ever watched it, but I must have heard snippets of the theme on promotional bumpers a million times while watching other shows.
I agree. I try to separate it from the show but I can remember going to blockbuster and watching this with my mom and grandma and seeing this trailer so I can associate it with the movie in that regard
The only thing I remember from that show is how incredibly bad it was.
I mean even compared to the straight to video movie they farted out that show is truly an abyss of sadness.
It essentially killed the franchise dead for two decades.
All I remember is a train set Gomez had on the show it was so dumb lol
@@DylanRomanov
I know that train set made appearances in the movies and the original TV series and the '90s cartoon series.
I mean I guess it's a running gag it's a shame of all the things to decide to steal from the other various incarnations it was that.
Exactly it was legitimately the only good part of the show
Lurch tossing the woman he saved got an honest laugh out of me.
Everytime I stumble on addams family values it amazes me how good it is. The cast is absolutely sensational. Even the smaller parts.
I feel you man, the two original movies are my childhood. I've watched them countless times and still do to this day.
Gomez Addams: "My family and I are fleeing to the one place not corrupted by the normal people...... SPACE!"
If only Tim Curry was in more pictures that maximized his talent.
I liked him in Gargoyles.
Tale of the Crimson Flower (1998): "Aren't you going to say 'hello?'" 😉
(But in all seriousness, this film showcases some of Tim's best voice work in my opinion AND it's while he's playing a good guy).
I agree, but his work in voice acting are some of my favorite roles ever.
The first movie, which goes for the second movie, is the example I always give when it comes to absolutely perfect casting. Angelica Huston and Raoul Julia had some of the best on screen chemistry I've ever seen, they were both masters at their parts, as was everyone else. Casting perfection.
I loved this film as a child- as an adult I thought it was a fever dream till I found my VHS copy of it! Still kind of love it. Great video!
I’m just hearing about this movie now, 22yrs later
Why is he pronouncing “Curry” like that?
"Tim Carrey"
It bothered me way more than it should have
i loved tim carrey in the rocky horror truman show
No one, not a single soul:
Hats Off: "Tim cArReY..."
And Ra Ul Julia
Oh my god I NEED a video about the Addams family show at the end of this. Completely forgot that existed... Probably for good reasons.
Love this channel. Keep up the great content!
Okay, so that scene of Lurch at the swimming pool made me laugh.
Oh no, I remember! Specifically how Mr. Tim Curry took over the eccentric take on Gomez Addams from the one and only Raul Julia. And Haylie Duff, the sister of Hilary Duff was one of the kooky family members. Stay safe and keep it up!
Actually, she plays Pugsley's girlfriend in the movie. I reviewed it last year for my show.
@@JeonardShadby505 Gotcha, I review movies too!
@@KendrickHarrisKenfinity Cool, dude, glad to meet you!
@@JeonardShadby505 You too!
This is an amazing production. So happy I found this channel. Raul Julia was amazing. I remember seeing him do a spot on The Arsinio Hall Show with a box of The Addams Family cereal. He and Arsinio tried the cereal in bowls of milk and Raul spat his back out into the bowl. It was hilarious. He was shocked by how sweet it was. It was like pure puffed sugar drops is what he said. Everyone was laughing so much. He was a tragic loss. Tim Curry did him great honor by the way he played the role.
Can't wait for the next episode! Notifications on!
Do you have a link? Cause that seems hilarious!!
@@thegodofunavailability3449 Sadly I could not find the footage anywhere . I will never forget it. I had never seen him act so childishly. It made me a huge fan of his. I would love to find some of those old AH shows. He had great guests.
Thank you so much! I saw this when I was a kid (not sure how). When I bought the other 2 movies on DVD I really confused why they weren't the movie I remembered. To make matters worse, no one in my family remembered this.
Thanks for confirming that this is a movie and not a fever dream
I actually can't wait for the "New Addams Family" episode. I loved that show as a kid
Could they really be classified as "horror-comedies", though? Don't get me wrong, the first two were great, hilarious comedies, but, just straight comedy films. When I think "horror-comedy", I think "Blood Diner", "TerrorVision", or, "Creepshow".
They’re horror by association
It has horror aesthetic
Also, Evil Dead, Crimewave and Very Bad Things. :)
Gothic Comedy
I'd just put The Addams Family from the very beginning Comic Strips>Cartoon>TV Show> Movies etc. etc. as I dark comedy. Not necessarily horror comedy.
Its "Curry" isn't it? Not "Carrey?"
Lol, Jim Curry
Wouldn't you feel an idiot if you kept calling him Tim Carey?
@@NegotiableHemingway Jim Tim lmao
Thank you, that bugged me every time he said it
...ok ...so now i know i wasnt hearing things lol...it was kinda bugging me hearing him say it like that but mainly because he kept stressing the name out and i wasnt sure if i was hearing it wrong or what lol...at least now i know im not going mad...even though his pronunciation of "Curry" to "Carrey" had me on the brink of losing my sanity...
At the risk of sounding very weird I say this ... I'm so glad I found your channel(s), as we are completely simpatico right now. I just watch the early 90's Addams Family films this past weekend, I watch Dick Tracy a couple weeks before your Almost Cult Classics podcast covered it, and then on your latest podcast you guys recommended Hoffa (92') which I watch a month ago. I should not leave this comment. Mother of God, I'm so lame.
I love the new Addams family. Still got my fingers crossed it will be avaliable to owe someday
I LOVE the Addams Family movies. My mother watched it in cinemas when she was just 13. Really good video mate. Love the usage of the Master of Disguise music at the start of the video.
I feel so old reading your comment. I was 8 when Values came out on VHS. Oh damn now I feel even older.
The watered-down humor in this (and characterization of Fester) feels exactly like the Addams Family saturday morning cartoon, to the point of me wondering if it was literally the same writers.
I think it's merely a coincidence. Both are cheap and uninspired.
“SAY TIM CARRY ONE MORE TIME! I DARE YOU- I DOUBLE DARE YOU”
-Jules
-me watching this
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I remember watching it for the first time around the time Fox Family was airing the New Addams Family. I thought it was made for TV.
Lmao, they played this movie to death. Even ABC Family continued for a few years, before replacing all the programming with Disney feature films
@@sgillman16 I liked some of the stuff fox/ABC family had like PeeWee's Playhouse reruns and Mr. Bill. Never quite understood how Harry Potter is a Christmas and Halloween movie (still kinda don't).
What a great channel! I have such a fascination with these weird little offshoots and bizarre anomalies of Hollywood and television. Your taste and coverage of this stuff is so pitch perfect.
Thanks for watching!
@@HatsOffEntertainment i love your videos i didnt like the star wars sequel trilogy i felt these newer films were filled with soo many plot hpes and each film they were never answered plot holes are in movies tobe solved instead disney took the wrong route and its kathleen kennedys fault that the star wars sequel trilogy failed disney betrayed me when they made the star wars sequel trilogy i blame kathleen kennedy j j abrams and rian johnson and bob iger and disney themselfs for the entire sequel trilogy failing when maze pulls out anakin skywalkers ligtsaber han solo says where did you get that than the charecter says a question to answer for another time which pisses me off and still pisses me off till this very day i gave each film a chance and each film disappinted more and more i raged fitted at the end of rise of skywalker plus they made old eu none canon which was another stab in the back from disney to me rian johnson should never be allowed to direct another star wars after he destroyed my childhood hero luke skywalker he killed off two of my favorite charecters in the last jedi admiral ackbar and luke skywalker and did not give them proper send offs and a jedi would never say these words its a time for the jedi to end its time for the jedi order to die plus luke skywalker never once trained her on that planet yo can make up better plots and story than the directors did in the sequel trilogy im sorry for being random but sounding by the way your voce and the way you talk you sound way more creative than bth rian johnson and j j abrams i know your not a movie director but im just giving you my opinon okay
Two other things released at the time - the family reunion idea was originally a subplot that was switched to the primary super last minute (poorly) and Tim Curry was also a 11th hour hire who can be seen reading his lines from cue cards in several of the scenes.
I remember several years back a rumor going around Tim Burton might direct a stop motion Addams Family movie. Tim Burton or not, I always felt like The Addams Family would have been perfect for a stop motion movie.
I'm excited to hear your take on the New Addams Family
i've been on a binge of your stuff, good stuff man.
Hats Off Entertainment It's always a good day when you upload.
7:28 i genuinely didn't expect the addams family to reference apocalypse now
I nearly had a heart attack and thought the title said Addams Family Values. That was superior to the first film in nearly every way.
Lol that happened to me too! But it was for a different review of this movie!
Yeah, it was better, though I liked the first one, too. The one discussed in this video, I've somehow never heard of.
Yeah I was like whaaaat
The key thing about the original Addams Family movies is that they came out at a time when they were trying to make big budget Hollywood movies based on old sitcoms. And where as other films failed trying to copy what the Brady Bunch movie did, that is self referential parodies made without the ironic nostalgic fondness for them, The Addams Family took things in a different direction. Sure, there was some inspiration drawn from the original series, but what they did with these movies was brilliant. They reinvented the characters without reinventing the wheel. They added a level of depth that you can't get with an episodic sitcom, all the while bulking up concepts and tweaking characters, interactions, and themes without completely throwing away what made the original sitcom and morbid New Yorker cartoons they were based on so special. They built the concept up, without tearing anything down, giving us something uniquely its own, while making a story for the characters that wasn't a 90 minute sitcom episode. Where THIS one failed was making the concept "family friendly" without knowing what "family friendly" meant, drawing too much from previous incarnations the wrong way where everything's a pale imitation, with ambitions of making it a franchise before making a product of quality. And the SAD thing is, while this was technically a pilot that was going to lead to a TV show, there's more thought, care, and better execution in said TV show than this movie ever had. Sure, it's not quite the original sitcom, but it does manage to have a fondness for the series, right down to it being a dream job for the actor that played Gomez (I forget his name). And that dream was even better when he got to work with John Astin who actually DID play his father (I think) in that series.
I remember this movie! It came on tv back in the day and my mom recorded it onto a vhs tape, so we always watched it that way. We had all the other addams familys recorded too
As much as I love Tim Curry, he’s no Gomez Addams. As fun as he may be to watch giving it his all, it just doesn’t feel right, you know?
I feel like the issue is that it isn’t HIS Gomez. He’s impersonating another actor’s interpretation of the character instead of playing his own.
I remember there was a subplot to this with two members of the 'Adams' family who ended up at the Addams house as well. That was actually kinda cute, with the hell those two went through.
Loving this series of videos! I can't wait for you to do the followup for the later Addams Family TV series!
I think someone forgot to tell the actor playing Fester that he wasnt playing Curly Howard from the Three Stooges
Oof... the actor playing Fester comes off like he's trying to imitate the cartoon version but hasn't ever even heard of the cartoon
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective starring TIM CARRY.
Great video as always, by the way.
The Mask starring Tim Carry
@@brucewallace1600 Truman show starring Tim Carry...
that would be cool!
@@38procentkrytyk 😂
@@38procentkrytyk Bruce Almighty starring Tim Curry
@@brucewallace1600 BATMAN FOREVER starring Tim Carry.
I watched this video with my brother, insisting to him that when we were younger there was an attempt at an Addams Family TV show. He said it could be this film I was thinking of but I was sure I remembered too much specific detail (for example Lurch getting a record deal with a song called You Rang?, I wonder how the show managed to fail with writing like that?!). So thanks, the end of this episode assured me I haven't been making up terrible Addams Family sitcoms and I'm very much looking forward to your next AF video!
Fantastic video! I just recently watched the original Addams Family movie and it is still so awesome. Looking forward to the next video.
Will you review the 90s Brady Bunch films next? Maybe even talk about the original series if possible? I personally enjoy the 90s films, though I prefer the Original Series more
@@tendochola
I'm so glad that was a trend that basically died with VHS and video stores.
I was sad to see video stores go but it was kind of inevitable.
I absolutely love the Brady Bunch films from the 90s. It would be great to get his take on them.
The irony Is that John Astin was in one episode of the Saban's Addams series.
Wait, Samwise?
Or you mean JOHN Austin?
@@Certifiable Yeap, Granpapa Addams. It is kinda same plot as here.
@@Certifiable Yeah, my bad.
Awesome! You said you'd do Addams Family stuff towards October. You were true to your word. (-:
I'm excited for you talking about The New Addams Family. I remember actually growing up watching that show a bit.
This one does pop up on Netflix in the UK sometimes.
Looking forward to your review of the rebooted TV series . . . which did get John Astin to play Grandpa Addams.
Strangely, I don't recall that tv series, but am looking forward to the video, over it.
@@brandonpage7087 It was mostly on Fox Kids.
I remember going to the theater to see The Addams Family movie. I loved it, and the second movie too. It made me wish I was an Addams too because their family was so much fun, and they looked at life differently. I miss being a 90’s carefree kid when kids were allowed to be kids instead of a 2020 pandemic adult struggling to survive!
I love this series of yours! I NEED you to cover Munsters today!
I remember there was Addams family movie that featured most of the original family. John Astin and Carolyn Jones. I would like to see you cover that sometime.
Really? Didn't know. I knew the Munsters did it, but not the Addams
@@1luiszepol I believe it's Called Halloween with the New Addams Family. In this one Gomez has a brother.
Yes it was a reunion of the original show. Unfortunately never released on DVD and finding a vhs tape of it is almost impossible
@@phantomspydj th-cam.com/video/jlw2CFiSCgc/w-d-xo.html this is it
@@michaelbucher9001 It's on TH-cam thought which is cool
omg i remember renting this film alot as a kid & loving it so much & this was before i discover the first two movies watching it now i'm like wtf was wrong with me
Thank you for this latest entry in the Forgotten Failures lineup, Joe. I had never heard of it before, and it's obvious why. I tried to watch "Clue" but even with the always-entertaining Tim Curry in a pivotal role, I still couldn't get past the first 20 minutes. So I don't think I could manage to sit through this Addams Family movie. Still, I like peeking at these embarrassments, which you watch so we don't have to. :-D
You just changed my life I didn't know there was a 3rd. Going to have to watch that first.
I was just gonna mention it till you basically teased it near the end talking about The New Addams Family TV show because the actress Nicole Fugere who played Wednesday Addams in Addams Family Reunion reprises her role in The New Addams Family which I thought was an interesting thing when I learned it. I actually enjoy The New Addams Family TV show I remember watching it when it was on TV on ABC Family back in the late 90s. I have since then come to learn a lot of the plots of the episodes are basically just modernized versions of the episodes from the 1960s series but I still enjoy them all the same.
I can't help talk about The New Addams Family TV show then the movie you made this video for just because for me the TV show is a lot more interesting then the movie was at least to me.
I'm willing to bet it's a lot more buried too.
I mean this "movie" may be obscure and never got a release outside VHS but I highly doubt those episodes are anywhere outside of TH-cam.
I mean it's been 20 years and they've gone through at least one name change of the channel since then.
The tv series is pretty fun and I love that they used a lot of the original plots.
Daryl Hannah was particularly miscast, Angelica Houston will always be best.
Yes absolutely, then no. Huston will always lag behind Carolyn Jones in my book.
@@jca4la oh so true, the absolute best Morticia has and shall always be the great Carolyn Jones.
she marked the standard as how the role should be portrayed and even depicted as well as how she should look. no one can even come close unless they take inspiration from Carolyn!
Find That Music! Daryl was awful. So bad it hurts to watch. Why did they choose her?
She was the worst of all of them
her hairline is distracting
Obviously the first 2 are a masterpiece but this one I still enjoyed just as much.. I wish I had a DVD release at least
I recently watched both original films, and one interesting thing that caught my eye is that it at least appears (I'm too lazy to check imdb) that the little girl they antagonize in the first movie when they get kicked out of their home is the same person who plays the girl they antagonize at camp during the sequel.
I had totally forgotten this stupid, terrible, atrocity of a movie. God, how pitiful.
It went straight to video, plus with a completely different cast, it was bound to fail. What were they thinking?
Not even Tim Curry and the original movie's Lurch could save this cinematic trash.
What about Tim Carrey, tho?
I actually watched this...and I completely agree.
Thanks for making me remember this horrible memory.
I loved this movie as a kid. I still have the VHS somewhere
Biggest Failure:
A "Reunion" without a single original cast member.
You should have had that before all the original stars was dead.
(of course that'd be kinda difficult since a few of them died in the 1960's while the original show was still being recorded.
When Morticia died the show was taken off the air.
2 of the original are there
I like Tim Curry, but he's horribly miscast.
I disagree but appreciate your appraisal. Tim is amazing in bombasitic roles and i believe he's a good pick 4 this movie, darrel hannah has no chemistry with him which is what mad Angelica and Rauls performance the definitive Addams
He was 'well cast' if they were trying to make you think of Raul Julia. They have a similar look and delivery, so in that regard it was well cast. If they wanted someone completely different more like John Astin, I think Norm MacDonald has a lot of his mannerisms and dry sarcastic delivery.
I think that Tim Curry did a really good portrayal of Gomez, but he needed to have an actress that could play Morticia in a way that compliments both portrayals. Darryl Hannah as Morticia did not portray her character with the excellently nuanced performance as seen by Anjelica Huston (she is a favorite actress of mine).
It seems like a good idea, but Raul Julia just can't be beat.
i agree, tim curry is a white guy playing a hispanic man in this...didn’t age well
I rewatched Adams Family Values recently and it's so good
Used to watch this all the time on VHS. Still have it! Was a huge Addams Family fan as a kid.
This version of Fester doesn't hit me so much as a Curly from the Stooges ripoff as a rough homage to the TV series version of the character....
The whole affair is not TERRIBLE...just not nearly as well done as the two original flicks.
Raul Julia 💖
Thank you for mentioning the TV series. I’ve never heard it talked about anywhere else, and I thought that I had invented it in a childhood-fever-dream. Please do a video on it!
I grew up watching the both the addams family movies from the 90s and the old tv show on retro channels and the 90s version holds a special place in my heart we still can’t forget the original.
The Addams Family movies werent Horror Comedies. Maybe Horror themed Comedy or Comedy Horror, but definitely not Horror Comedy.
This looks horrible, but I would seek it out just for Tim Curry.
Wow forgot I had seen this movie until 2 mins into the video. Something about hearing you say the title of the film just unlocked a memory
This is the only film iteration of the Addams Family I saw a a kid (I grew up with the Saturday morning cartoon) and you are the only person I've seen talk about it. I had started to think it was a fever dream.