The Addams Family
critic Reviews
, 44% Rotten Tomatometer Score- The Addams Family's starry voice cast and eye-catching animation aren't enough to outweigh its saccharine handling of the delightfully dark source material.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephen RomeiThe Australian
The animation is sharp, right down to Lurch's fingernails. The music is well-placed. The famous theme song pops up now and then but is not overdone.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreWenlei MaNews.com.au
This 2019 CGI remake misses the mark in the most crucial element of what has sustained The Addams Family all this time - its offbeat, macabre vibe. If you don't get that, you're really not going to get any of it.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSandra HallSydney Morning Herald
It's tedious but, worse, it's wasteful. The wealth of talent that has gone into its making has been frittered away in a vain attempt to pump new heart into a creation that ran out of puff long ago.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTara BradyIrish Times
Don't expect any of the wit or charm of the 1960s TV show or Barry Sonnenfeld's big-screen adaptations. Monstrous. But not in kooky, spooky way.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRoxana HadadiPajiba
Lacking a visually pleasing animation style and or a unique story, The Addams Family is less kooky and ooky than eh, okay.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
Sure, The Addams Family may not reach the ghoulish heights of its predecessors, but the key ingredients are still thankfully there.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDamond FudgeKCCI (Des Moines, IA)
As was proven by the 1992-93 cartoon series, animation is the perfect medium for this creepy, kooky family, allowing more outlandish escapades
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCasey ChongCasey's Movie Mania
The CG animation is nothing particularly remarkable but at least the movie does faithfully retain its macabre visuals and even getting the original characters design right.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreShawn EdwardsFox 4 Kansas City
I think this franchise has finally reached its expiration date.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRyan SilbersteinCinema76
This origin casts the Addams family as an immigrant story, and the film leans so hard into the theme of accepting those different from us and valuing diversity over conformity,
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