Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Absolutely amazing

A Masterpiece!

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

I'm a big fan of Barry Sonnenfeld's Addams Family films. They're a little light on story, and this one has the same loose method of tying up this story as the first one did. But the macabre humour is spot on yet again here. Huge credit to Sonnenfeld for keeping the film PG yet still giving it a slightly twisted, dark feel.I think they'd struggle to find better actors for these characters. The whole cast is fairly well on point, with Christopher Lloyd and Christina Ricci the stand outs. This is interesting given how brazenly different they are. Lloyd really goes into the role, and shifts his face in all kinds of weird directions to bolster his portrayal of the awkward humpback, Fester. Ricci keeps her face straight the whole time, adopting Wednesday's morbid cynicism and delivering each line in near monotone, yet timing the delivery so well that it brings a laugh almost the whole way through.It lacks focus and there probably didn't need to be two main story lines when the plot writing is the weaker element in the film. But it's funny enough and directed with enough macabre flair to make this, as well as its predecessor, a very entertaining film. Also worth noting that at 90 minutes, it breezes along beautifully.7/10

Envious of their parents' newborn baby, the Addams children repeatedly try to kill it before being sent away to summer camp by their scheming new nanny in this sequel to 'The Addams Family'. Often cited as superior to its predecessor, 'Addams Family Values' benefits from delving into the plot quicker with less time spent introducing the characters. What really raises the quality of the film though is the focus on Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams, who receives the most screen time here after Christopher Lloyd. Her deadpan line delivery and emotionless facial reactions are better than ever, and a bit where she slowly forces a smile after being forced to watch Disney films is a real testament to her talents. Another big plus is Joan Cusack's ever-so-slightly demented performance as the nanny who seduces Lloyd for his money; her repeated failed attempts to kill him are even funnier than the kids failing to kill the baby early on. Witty and funny as the script often is though, the screenplay is not airtight; the transition between the film being about the children trying to kill the baby and the nanny trying to fleece their uncle is quite jarring. The experiences of Ricci at camp - where she encounters the same Girl Scout who tried to sell her cookies in the first film - are also far more interesting than Lloyd and Cusack having it out. This is an enjoyable film through and through, however, with all concerned really in top form. Whether this is truly superior to the first film may be debatable, but it is certainly a very good effort as far as sequels tend to go.

The sequel is better than the original. Whoa, I'm not sure if I ever said that before ever but yeah, this is better than the first one but not by a large margin. What the director did was take the opportunity to sort of do a reboot. He got rid of the magical stuff, let the Addams family members interact with normal people more often, the grandmother seemed funnier and they gave us more of Anjelica Huston. I literally just finished watching the two films back to back however I started with this one because I thought it was going to be the weaker of the two. Surprised to be wrong but sort of paid the price a tad later on in my little marathon / experience / experiment. Anyway, this film is fun. Not hilarious but it has d a few moments here and there.

The writers of Addams Family Values totally 'get' Charles Addams' subversive, black sense of humour, but they also understand how the family satirises mainstream Americans' hypocrisy and superficiality. The scenes and characters in this movie are just like the startlingly witty Addams cartoons. Morticia refusing anaesthesia in childbirth. Grandma helping the kids bury the pet cat alive. Wednesday and Pugsley playing with a guillotine rather than toys. Two performances elevate this movie -- Christina Ricci as Wednesday and Joan Cusack as psychotic nanny Debbie Jellinsky. Ricci is quite other-worldly, has a great grasp of her role and is very focused. She has the best lines and is beautifully directed. Her performance as the girl who creates havoc at the school camp is hilarious. You get the feeling a lot of real life real school camps are as horribly wholesome as the one Wednesday has to endure. As Fester, Christopher Lloyd has a straightforward and very familiar character -- maybe too faithful to the original Fester. But Cusack, as his serial killer love interest Debbie, camps it up, and has enormous fun, with almost as many great lines as Wednesday. Her goal is to kill Fester and take all his money, but in the Addams' nutty universe, that's a perfectly acceptable ambition.