Older siblings Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) are less thrilled with this development, and the family searches for a nanny to stave off the children’s attempts at infanticide.Įnter Debbie Jellinsky (Joan Cusack), an amoral blonde bombshell who plays the part of governess a little too well. Picking up where the first film left off, this starts with the Addams welcoming a ghastly baby boy named Pubert, much to the delight of Morticia (Anjelica Huston) and Gomez (Raul Julia). Much like Batman Returns after 1989’s Batman, the sequel goes hell for leather after the creepy, spooky and – yes – the altogether-ooky. Where the first film has the gift of perfect casting, it’s a meandering, nostalgic revival whose success set the stage for films like Casper and The Flintstones. There are few other family comedies I can think of, in this decade or any other, that go for laughs harder than 1993’s Addams Family Values. Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack, Christina Ricci, Jimmy Workman
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