And their deep enjoyment of what otherwise might seem scary-having an escaped prisoner from the asylum for the criminally insane as a butler, a disembodied hand as an all-purpose helper, applying the ashes of dead parents as make-up, encouraging a child to play with explosives-makes it funny and even endearing instead. Father Gomez (here voiced by Oscar Isaac) and mother Morticia ( Charlize Theron) adore each other and are loving and devoted parents to their daughter Wednesday ( Chloe Grace Moretz) and son Pugsley ( Finn Wolfhard). As a result, the film was poorly received by critics, who criticised the film's screenplay, special effects, production design, and much of its acting, while singling out Tim Curry's performance for praise, calling Curry the best part of the film.What makes the Addams Family so appealing is the contrast between the ghoulish details of their lives and the endearing sweetness of their family dynamic. Saban also wanted Payne to imitate aspects of Paramount Pictures' popular 1991-93 duo of films, and the 1964 TV series, and rejected any original idea developed by Payne and the film's screenwriters. Payne had intended to give the film a dark, edgy tone, but Saban had interfered with the development, insisting that the story be aimed solely at entertaining children, and lack much of the black comedy and anarchic satire of the previous films.
The film's plot focused on the eccentric, macabre aristocratic Addams family mistakenly arriving at the wrong family reunion and encountering a man (Ed Begley Jr.) who seeks to commit murder in order to inherit a fortune. The film stars Daryl Hannah and Tim Curry as Morticia and Gomez Addams respectively while Carel Struycken and Christopher Hart's hand are the only ones to reprise their roles from the last two films. Directed by Dave Payne, the film was intended to serve as a pilot for a new proposed television series produced by Saban. Addams Family Reunion is a 1998 American direct-to-video supernatural children's film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist Charles Addams.
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