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'''''The Addams Family''''' is a 1991 American supernatural black comedy film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist [[Charles Addams]] and [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|the 1964 TV series]]. Directed by former cinematographer [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] in his screen directing debut, the film stars [[Anjelica Huston]], who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance as Morticia Addams, [[Raul Julia]] as Gomez Addams, and [[Christopher Lloyd]] as Uncle Fester. The film focuses on a bizarre, macabre, aristocratic family who reconnect with who they believe to be a long-lost relative, Gomez's brother Fester Addams, who is actually the adopted son of a loan shark intending to swindle the Addams clan out of their vast wealth and fortune.
The film was noted for its troubled production; originally developed at Orion, the film went $5 million over budget due to constant rewrites throughout shooting; health problems of people involved in the filming and an overall stressful filming for Sonnenfeld himself, caused multiple delays. The rise in production costs from the film's $25 million budget to $30 million led Orion, fearful of another big-budget flop and financially struggling, to sell the film to Paramount, who completed the film and handled the film's domestic distribution, while Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer distributed the film internationally. The film was commercially successful, making back several times its production costs, and was followed by a sequel, ''[[Addams Family Values]]'', two years later.
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* [[Adaptational Personality Adjustment]]: Wednesday Addams undergoes a significant personality change compared to the [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|original sitcom]], going from a cheery little girl to a frowning and vicious psychopath who does not deal in half-truths. Unlike most examples of this trope, reception to the change was almost universally positive.
* [[All There in the Script]]: Fester called Gomez a "demented freak", which was the password.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: [[In-Universe]]: when Morticia is working as a kindergarten teacher she reads ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' to her class, depicting Hansel and Gretel as cold-blooded killers and the witch as an innocent victim. The kids are not pleased by this [[Downer Ending]].
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* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Fester and Wednesday.
* [[Suppressed Mammaries]]: [[Christina Ricci]] had her breasts tied down when she played Wednesday in the movies. Puberty did not miss her. In what was almost assuredly a reference to this fact, her first scene in ''[[Now and Then]]'' has her duct taping her breasts down after complaining about them getting bigger.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: When Gomez shows up to rescue Mortica, he is his usual hammy self, but you can tell there's a hint of
{{Quote|'''Gomez:''' Dirty pool, old man. [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|NEVER AGAIN!!!]]}}
* [[The Voiceless]]: Lurch never talks, only growls and grunts. For the record, the character was intended to be mute in the show as well, but the actor ad-libbed the classic "You rang?" line and it was too funny to not capitalize.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: In the movie, Tully and Margaret Alford's son, who appears in one scene (and in the credits as "Tully Jr.") but despite the fact that his mother {{spoiler|runs off with Cousin Itt}} and that his father {{spoiler|is buried, [[Buried Alive|possibly alive]], in the Addams' graveyard}}, he's never spoken of again, not even in the [[Sequel]] ''Addams Family Values''.
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