The Addams Family (1991)
- Eagle-eyed viewers have noticed a hidden easter egg referencing Barry Sonnenfeld's previous film in the background of the opening scene.
- Before Raúl Juliá was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
- Barry Sonnenfeld originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
The Addams Family is a 1991 American supernatural comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, based on Charles Addams's iconic New Yorker cartoon characters. Anjelica Huston and Raul Julia star as Morticia and Gomez Addams, the passionate, death-obsessed couple who head a family of cheerfully macabre aristocrats — including their murderous children Wednesday and Pugsley, the disembodied hand Thing, the massive butler Lurch, and the light-bulb-headed Uncle Fester. When a con artist poses as the long-lost Fester to infiltrate the family and steal their fortune, the Addams clan's unshakable devotion to each other and their enthusiastic embrace of the grotesque prove more than a match for conventional villainy.
Raul Julia's Gomez was a revelation of romantic, swashbuckling energy, and Anjelica Huston's Morticia was elegantly morbid. Christina Ricci's deadpan Wednesday, who electrocutes her brother and attempts to assassinate her summer camp counselor, became a generational icon of sardonic childhood darkness. The Addams Family earned $191 million worldwide on a $30 million budget.
