Addams Family Values 1993

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: At its best, it's a valentine of venom, sent with mirth and malice aforethought. Read more

Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times: Uneven as it is, Addams Family Values is considerably more enjoyable than its predecessor. At this rate, if there's a third installment, it'll be a knockout. Or at least a TKO. Read more

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: Somehow, the new production fails to sustain the creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and altogether ooky visual sweep that held the first film together. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Even if the sequel doesn't offer the delight of discovery, the trip back to Chateau Addams is more than the dead end it could have been. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Mr. Sonnenfeld repeats some of the first film's favorite visual stunts without wearing out their welcome, and he sustains much more exuberance than a sequel might be expected to have. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The comedy has moved into high gear and become one of the funniest, most mean-spirited satirical assaults on sunny American values since the salad days of W.C. Fields. Read more

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Michael Sragow, New Yorker: You've got to respect a comedy that makes light of arson, torture, and murder in these squeamish times. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A few sparkling performances and funny moments save this from being a complete waste of time, but it's not a promising way to start the Thanksgiving/Christmas movie season. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston are given a lot of one-liners and payoff gags, of course, but what's funny is the stuff that comes in between -- the real affection with which they embrace each other, and the way they delight in their unspeakable lifestyle. Read more

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: Like the first of the Addams chronicles, this is an essentially lazy movie, too often settling for easy gags and special effects that don't come to any really funny point. Read more

Time Out: As sequels go, this is passable: no more coherent than the episodic first instalment, but with enough sick humour to satisfy the mildly depraved. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: As sequels go, this is passable... Read more

Leonard Klady, Variety: It remains perilously slim in the story department, but glides over the thin ice with technical razzle-dazzle and an exceptionally winning cast. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A thinner, airier reunion. Read more