The Addams Family was a funny/quirky TV show from the 60s, almost 30 years later this film came out and was big success (bigger than the show). Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld starring Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Jimmy Workman and young Christina Ricci, who started her career with this movie.

The Addams step out of Charles Addams’ cartoons. They live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) in a big house and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark, who try to get money from the Addams, so they slip in the shark’s son into the family as their long lost Uncle Fester. Raul Julia is great as Gomez and the love story between him and his wife are my favorite scenes. Even though it’s a little “dark” the whole family can enjoy Sonnenfeld’s “Addams Family”.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t2tdKD9tPs