The Addams Family
U; Animation, Comedy, Family
Director: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Allison Janney, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler
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Charles Addams macabre cartoon strip creation of 1938 gets yet another big-screen spin-off, this time a wholly animated one( as opposed to the two live-action features earlier).

The Addams Family's ghoulish existence endures while the family dynamic continues in sweetly endearing contrast. Father Gomez (Oscar Isaac) and mother Morticia (Charlize Theron) are totally in love and adore and are devoted to their daughter Wednesday (Chloe Grace Moretz) and son Pugsley (Finn Wolfhard). They appear to have no qualms about the scary nature of their acceptance of all things unusual and weird. They have an escaped prisoner from the asylum for the criminally insane as a butler, a disembodied hand as an all-purpose helper and do the unthinkable like applying the ashes of dead parents as make-up and encourage a child to play with explosives. It's meant to be macabre-funny and it is in brief spells.