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The 1991 big screen outing for The Addams Family remains a much-loved movie over 30 years after its original release. At Los Angeles Comic Con, fans of the kooky, spooky family were given a huge treat as the surviving cast members reunited for a special “family” photo. The moment was shared on social media by Christopher Lloyd, who was joined by Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman, and Carel Struycken, for the kind of image that brings both joy and a little sadness to the heart for the movie’s fans, thanks to the absence of Raul Julia and Judith Malina, who passed away in 1994 and 2015, respectively.
Based on the Charles Addams comic strip, The Addams Family appeared on TV in the 1960s, but many still hold their first big screen outing as the go-to reference for all things Addams. This is mostly down to the casting of the main family members. Julia and Huston headed up the cast as Gomez and Morticia, with Ricci and Workman playing their children, Wednesday and Pugsley. Lloyd played an impeccable Uncle Fester, while Struycken played butler Lurch, and Malina played Grandma.
In his post, Lloyd shared the photo along with the caption, “The family that haunts together, stays together…”
The Addams Family Has Found New Success in Recent Years
While the ‘90s movie and its sequel were followed by the badly received 1998 follow-up, Addams Family Reunion – which saw only Struycken return as Lurch, while Tim Curry and Darryl Hannah took over the lead roles of Gomez and Morticia – the franchise fell into the doldrums for a long time. However, everything has its time for a reboot, and The Addams Family has received two in the last several years.
First up is the animated movie franchise, which released its first entry in 2019 to a mixed reception despite bringing in an all-star voice cast including Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Bette Midler, Snoop Dogg, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Finn Wolfhard, among others. The biggest gripe about the movie was its “saccharine” handling of the franchise, but audiences responded much more positively, and that led to a sequel being released in 2021. The Addams Family 2 received just a 28% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences gave it 69%, which equaled that of the first movie.
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In a much more unanimously successful reimagining of the franchise, Netflix scored one of their biggest ever hits with the Tim Burton-created series, Wednesday. Starring Jenna Ortega in the title role, with support from Catherine Zeta Jones as Morticia and Luis Guzman as Gomez, the show switched focus to the Addams’ daughter as she navigates her way through schooling at Nevermore Academy, and becomes embroiled in a murder mystery to boot. The series landed on Netflix in 2022 with one of the streamer's largest original show debuts, and now fans are eagerly awaiting Season 2. Having featured the 1991 movie’s Wednesday, Christina Ricci, in Season 1, the new episodes will see Christopher Lloyd join the cast in a new role.
The Addams Family (1991)
PG-13
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
- Release Date
- November 22, 1991
- Director
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Cast
- Raul Julia , Anjelica Huston , Christopher Lloyd , Christina Ricci , Carel Struycken , Dan Hedaya , Jimmy Workman , Elizabeth Wilson , Dana Ivey , Judith Malina , Paul Benedict , Christopher Hart , John Franklin , Tony Azito , Mercedes McNab , Douglas Brian Martin , Steven M. Martin , Maureen Sue Levin , Darlene Levin , Allegra Kent , Richard Korthaze , Ryan Holihan
- Runtime
- 99 Minutes
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Writers
- Charles Addams , Larry Wilson , Caroline Thompson
- Budget
- $30 Million
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures , Scott Rudin Productions
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Sequel(s)
- Addams Family Values
- Franchise(s)
- The Addams Family
- Character(s)
- Gomez Addams , Morticia Addams , Uncle Fester , Wednesday Addams , Lurch , Tully Alford , Pugsley Addams , Abigail Craven / Dr. Greta Pinder-Schloss , Margaret Alford / Margaret Addams , Grandma , Judge Womack , Thing , Cousin It , Digit Addams , Girl Scout , Dexter Addams , Donald Addams , Flora Amor , Fauna Amor , Cousin Ophelia Addams , Slosh Addams , Lumpy Addams
- Movie News
- The Addams Family (1991)
- Christopher Lloyd
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