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Addams Family’ chock full of gags, jokes
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Film Ow Addmmt Ftm*r * curmmty Mxxw
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It s ,i Ixnth* of the ages that has
raged Mm i' I hr middle of tin'
totals It's pith'd friend against
frirnd arid torn families asunder
No, it's not the Vietnam War.
women s rights c ivil rights or the
■ ark of power bv the Democratic
i’.irtv in the executive* branch It's
that all-important dilemma
who s better /'he Addams Family
or I hr Munster**,
I've always been a Munster*
man myself But when you think
aland d, lire surreal, mm ah re fami
ly ■ rented by the late ('furies Ad
dan s in ins long running series of
\ ,c ). rk' t magazine i artoons
. S mi itself to a feature film
, fault of tlicr film is the fat 1 that
It.. gig', anil eir panel cartoons
i'l-ii't necessarily' enough to carry
no plus minutes ol screen lime
St reenwritors t a inline Thomp
,n .mi! . irrv VV : I son try to ton
l i ! .1 slorv to go y\ llh thl> Jllotliofri
u! ;,kcs Dii problem is lli.it thi'
plot involving .1 false t.'ru In Poster
1 •. i.ng lin- family of its millions,
,.s skill ,is th<’ Addiinis are itxcil
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U,it\ Sonnenfold makes a itsn
alii impress!vi' directorial debut
iiin-f distinguishing himself as the
1 inemalogrupher of such visually
t \i sting films as Waisidig Arizona,
limns Mumm.t Tram tin- Train
and Miller 's ( .routing
Tin'camera moves swiftly with
i’M iting poin! of view shots tike
the resilient disembodied hand,
Idling, si urrymg across the floor
The audience gels to take a ride on
a golf hall as it flies through the air
and crashes into a neighbors' win
dow and into a cereal how l Pans
ot Sam Kalmt's brilliant camera
work on the 1,'vil Dead movies
might appreciate this fluid and en
ergetic style most
fhi lasting is the best seen In
Courtesy ptioto
An/ehca Hutton. Raul Julia and Christopher Hart s hand mix and mingle in The Addams Family, a tale that boasts
gags more than it does plot.
recent memory Raul juha an Co
me/ and Anjehcu Huston as his
beloved wife, Morticia, make a
beautiful screen couple. They're
more concerned that their chil
dren gmw up with a sense of fun
than with respect for their elders
Huston is intriguing, languid
and alluring, while Julia is playful
and c arefree Christina Ricci cities
a great jot) as Wednesday, tne
voting, slightly sadistic daughter,
sin makes a c ha rue ter that could
have easily been cold anti distant
beguiling and impetuous.
The houscc looks like an isolated
i.olhit Vic torian manor It's dark,
vas! and tall, reaching high into
the sky Tin? muss ot ivy and vege
laliun nn it Minms tn conform with
the corners and. indeed, the entire
shape of the house
Inode, the place is not frighten
mg Instead of dark, depraved fie
havior, all the inhabitants are en
gaging in mischief ghoulish
mischief Thing cheats at chess
with Gomez. 1'he bearskin rug
nips at the heels of intruders and
Wednesday plays a game with her
brother that involves an electric
chair
The internal goings-on ot the
house sustains interest anti laugh
ter for a while The real fun, how
over, comes when the Addarns are
fort ed to vacate the premises and
go out into tile real world. Unfor
tunately, this happens about half
an hour after the house has started
to feel confining.
It would be easy to criticize The
Addams Family on the basis that
it lacks a focus I would say.
though, that the mistake is made
m trying to create a focus The
plot works so poorly and the gags
work so well that something as
simple as A LXiy In the Life of the
Addums would have been more
entertaining.
By Lucas J Gutman
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