Film

The Addams Family 1991

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

  • Comedy, Fantasy
  • 100 min
  • PG-13

Weird is relative.

When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.

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The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 1The Provocateur: disliked by 41 / 4The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 33The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 1The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 21 / 2The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 22The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 22The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 22The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 11The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 11loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

38 profiled raters. Loved most by The Ironists; disliked most by The Provocateurs.

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