''The Addams Family'' is a 2019

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directed by

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and

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and based on the

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created by

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. The film stars the voices of

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, and

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. The film was theatrically released in the United States and in Canada by United Artists Releasing on October 11, 2019. It received mixed reviews from critics for its narrative and screenplay, though the voice acting and animation were praised, and grossed $203 million on a $24 million budget. It is the final project for

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, who served as a story consultant, before his death a year after the film's release in June 2020. A

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was released on October 1, 2021.

Plot

An angry mob of villagers that rejects anything macabre in nature disrupts the midnight wedding ceremony of Gomez and

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and drives them away with the rest of the Addams clan. During the chaos, Grandmama buys Fester time to evacuate Gomez, Morticia, and

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. Gomez and Morticia decide to move to

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, a place "no one would be caught dead in." There, Gomez, Morticia, and Thing find their "perfect" home in an abandoned asylum on a hill. They meet Lurch, an escaped mental patient whom they hit when Thing was driving their car, and immediately recruit him as their butler. Thirteen years later, the Addams family continue to live their gloomy lives in isolation from the outside world. Gomez prepares his son Pugsley for his upcoming "

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", a rite of passage that every Addams family member takes. Morticia struggles to keep their daughter,

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, from wanting to experience the world outside the mansion after a balloon and confetti appear on their property. Elsewhere, reality TV host Margaux Needler, who is building a perfect

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called "Assimilation" so her show will have a successful season finale, discovers the Addams family's household and becomes determined to rid the town of it when the family refuses to change, starting with spreading rumors about the Addamses through social media, claiming that they are freaks. Wednesday then meets Margaux's neglected daughter Parker and persuades Morticia to let her attend junior high school. Pugsley struggles with the complicated traditions and pressure of his Mazurka, even with the guidance of Gomez and Uncle Fester. Grandmama arrives at the house for the event. At school, Wednesday stands up for Parker and her twin friends Layla and Kayla from the school's bully Bethany and befriends them after she resurrects some dead frogs and commands them to attack Bethany. Later on, the two discuss their frustrations and change their dressing habits – Parker becomes more

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and Wednesday dresses more colorfully – to the shock of both of their mothers, with Margaux vowing to destroy the Addamses. After an argument with Morticia, Wednesday decides to run away in secret and stay with Parker for a while, which Pugsley inadvertently tells Morticia. As

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arrives at the Addams household, Wednesday and Parker discover a secret room under Parker's house revealing that Margaux has planted hidden cameras in every house she designed in town. Margaux catches the two and locks them in the attic, but Wednesday breaks them out. Margaux rallies the townsfolk to attack the mansion just as the entire Addams clan arrive for Pugsley's Mazurka. During the Mazurka, Pugsley fails in front of the whole family, but Gomez admits he forgot to let him be who he is. The mob arrives flinging boulders, severely damaging the mansion and trapping the family inside. Pugsley uses his love of bombs and destruction to defend his family and manages to destroy the mob's

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. Wednesday and Parker join in and help everyone out of the wreckage safely with help of the living tree Ichabod. As Margaux tries to take control once more, her treachery is revealed by Parker. Assimilation's civilians see that the Addamses are not monsters, but a family, as Wednesday and Parker states that everyone is weird in their own unique way, revealing also Margaux's spying on the civilians, who are violated upon hearing this. Margaux's agent Glenn carries a message from the network stating that her show is now cancelled for her crimes thanks to Parker exposing her mother's true nature by live-streaming her tirade against the civilians with her phone. As Fester comes up with a compromise for Margaux, Assimilation's civilians offer to make amends with the Addamses. After they work together to rebuild the mansion, the Addams family and Assimilation's civilians live in peace. Margaux becomes Fester's business partner, selling homes to the other members of the Addams clan, and Pugsley completes his Mazurka.

Voice cast

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, Morticia's husband and Wednesday and Pugsley's father *

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(''

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'' Frump), Gomez's wife and Wednesday and Pugsley's mother *

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, Gomez and Morticia's daughter, Pugsley's older sister, and a mad science

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. *

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, Gomez and Morticia's son and Wednesday's younger brother *

Uncle Fester Uncle Fester is a member of the fictional Addams Family. He was played by Jackie Coogan in the original television series, by Christopher Lloyd in the two feature films, by Nick Kroll in the 2019 and 2021 animated features, by Fred Armisen in ...

, Gomez's older brother, Morticia's brother-in-law and Wednesday and Pugsley's uncle *

as Itt, Gomez and Fester's hairy cousin *

as Grandmama, Gomez and Fester's mother, Morticia's mother-in-law and Wednesday and Pugsley's paternal grandmother *

as Margaux Needler, a sly and greedy reality TV show host and homemaking guru *

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as Grandpa Frump, Morticia's late father whom she contacts through a séance *

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as Grandma Frump, Morticia's late mother whom she contacts through a séance *

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as Glenn, Margaux's agent *

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as Great Auntie Sloom, Grandmama's strict and cold sister, Gomez' aunt, and Wednesday and Pugsley's great-aunt with a missing left eye and stilts under her dress who judges Pugsley's Mazurka *

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as Parker Needler, Margaux's neglected and rebellious daughter who befriends Wednesday *

as: ** Lurch, the Addams Family's butler ** A unnamed priest that presides over Gomez and Morticia's family that is related to them ** The spirit of the house ** Dr. Flambé, a devil-like relative of the Addams family who can light his head on fire. *

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as Denise, a camera operator who works for Margaux * Scott Underwood as Mitch, a member of Margaux's film crew *

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as Candi the

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, who works in Assimilation * Chelsea Frei as Bethany, a popular girl who frequently bullies and antagonizes Parker *

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as Layla and Kayla, twin girls who are Parker's friends * Deven Green as Ms. Gravely, a teacher at Parker's school *

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as Trudy Pickering, an inhabitant of Assimilation *

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as: ** Norman Pickering, an inhabitant of Assimilation and the husband of Trudy ** Ggerri

Production

In 2010, after

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acquired the rights to ''The Addams Family'' comics, they began work on the film at

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as a

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animation directed by

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and produced by

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. After development stopped, however, in 2013,

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announced that they would produce the animated film based on ''The Addams Family'' comics, with

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then writing the screenplay. In June 2019, it was announced that Bron Creative is co-financing the film with MGM as part of a multi-picture co-financing agreement with the studio. In October 2017, it was announced that the film would be directed and produced by

. Additionally,

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, Alex Schwartz, and Alison O'Brien also produced the film. Matt Lieberman wrote the finished screenplay, with story by credit for Lieberman, Erica Rivinoja, and Vernon. The film was animated by Cinesite Studios and

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with Tabitha Shick overseeing it for MGM. In December 2017, it was reported that

was in talks to voice the role of

in the film. In June 2018, Isaac was officially cast, alongside

and

. In July 2018,

joined the voice cast. In August 2018,

was added as well. In November 2018,

and

were added as Morticia's parents, In August 2019,

, and

joined as

, Glenn, and Great Auntie Sloom, respectively.

Music

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, and

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recorded a song for the film called "My Family", which was released on September 13, 2019 and plays during the end credits; while

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released the song "Haunted Heart" from the film's soundtrack on September 27, 2019, which plays in the film's opening. HeathisHuman created an updated version of Vic Mizzy's original theme song that plays at the film's ending.

Marketing

launched the film with a global promotion partner campaign worth $150 million, their largest ever outside the ''007'' franchise. They spent a total of $72 million on prints and advertisements for the film.

Release

Theatrical

The film was theatrically released by

through

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in the United States on October 11, 2019 with

handling the international rights. It was previously set for October 18, 2019 before being moved up to October 11, 2019 to avoid direct competition with '' Maleficent: Mistress of Evil''.

Home media

The film was released by

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digitally on December 24, 2019, followed by a DVD and Blu-ray release on January 21, 2020.

Reception

Box office

''The Addams Family'' grossed $100 million in the United States and Canada and $103 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $203 million. ''

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'' calculated the net profit of the film to be $76million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues. In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside '' Gemini Man'' and ''

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'' and was projected to gross $28–30 million from 4,007 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $9.7 million on its first day including $1.25 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $30.3 million, finishing second behind holdover '' Joker.'' It made $16.3 million in its second weekend, $12 million in its third and $8.2 million in its fourth, finishing fourth, third and sixth, respectively.

Critical response

On review aggregation website

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, the film holds an approval rating of and an average rating of , based on reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "''The Addams Family''s starry voice cast and eye-catching animation aren't enough to outweigh its saccharine handling of the delightfully dark source material." On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by

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gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while

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reported that surveyed children and parents gave it 4 and 3.5 out of 5 stars, respectively.

Accolades

Sequel

On October 15, 2019, it was announced by

that a sequel was scheduled for release on October 22, 2021, with

and

reprising their roles as co-directors, and Cinesite Studios returning as animators. On October 8, 2020,

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and Javon "Wanna" Walton joined the cast; Hader voices a new character named Cyrus, while Walton replaces

as the voice of Pugsley. It was also pushed forward two weeks to October 8, 2021. On January 21, 2021, it was again pushed forward one week to October 1, 2021, allowing another MGM film, ''

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'' to take over the slot. In July 2021,

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was revealed to have voiced a new character for the film. In August 2021, the film shifted its release for a simultaneous premium video on demand rental and theatrical release on the October 1 date, in the United States and Canada, due to the

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and the rising cases of the

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References

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