The Addams Family

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lacking a visually pleasing animation style and or a unique story, The Addams Family is less kooky and ooky than eh, okay.

Sure, The Addams Family may not reach the ghoulish heights of its predecessors, but the key ingredients are still thankfully there.

As was proven by the 1992-93 cartoon series, animation is the perfect medium for this creepy, kooky family, allowing more outlandish escapades

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.

I think this franchise has finally reached its expiration date.

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,