The Addams Family
United Artists Releasing | Release Date: October 11, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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6
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12
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews

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80
IGNRosie KnightOct 10, 2019
Frighteningly funny and fresh, this hilarious animated treat will introduce a whole new generation to the loving and strange family whilst also pleasing those who grew up with the iconic '90s movies. With a sweet story, tight runtime, and impressive animation, this is the perfect Halloween treat for film fans young and old! Read full review
70
TheWrapYolanda MachadoOct 10, 2019
Lieberman’s script really meets kids at their level of understanding, and yes, at times the gags were clichéd and perhaps over some kids’ heads (like Cousin It’s license plate “C U Z”), but the humor isn’t forced, managing to get some chuckles out of the grown-ups too. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerOct 16, 2019
Kroll's Fester in particular is a spot-on imitation of Jackie Coogan's spittle-spraying happy-go-lucky freak. Read full review
67
ConsequenceMichael PementelOct 10, 2019
At the end of the night, The Addams Family is a comedy, and a good one at that, delivering the kind of morbid humor that reminds us why we’ll always accept their invitations. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenOct 10, 2019
The Addams Family suffers from an acute case of the cutes. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshOct 10, 2019
The appeal of this The Addams Family, which doesn’t break the mold, is simply to spend some more time in this gently spooky world, which is a gateway for budding creepsters and goths. It’s refreshing that it doesn’t try to overreach the limitations of its story, but it’s so slight, it merely whets the appetite for more Addams fare, rather than providing anything truly satisfying. Read full review
60
EmpireAmon WarmannOct 28, 2019
Though its themes are overly familiar, this is a fun and charming introduction for newbies to the Addams Family. Once again, it’s cool to be weird. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOct 10, 2019
If this installment lays on the moral (all families are freaky in their own ways) a bit thick, it has just enough wit and weirdness to honor its source material. Read full review
58
Original-CinJim SlotekOct 10, 2019
This is one of those animated features that veers way towards adult references for the parents in the room, while creating occasional mayhem in the pursuit of short-attention-span theatre. The latter fails. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerOct 11, 2019
The film’s writing is unambitious; there’s little to cause adults to smile knowingly. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comNell MinowOct 11, 2019
There are about half a dozen bright spots in the new animated feature The Addams Family, but in between them is the unbright and unoriginal storyline about how the real monsters are the ordinary people, not the weird people. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 10, 2019
As quickly as Thing can snap its fingers, we’ll soon forget our visit with this version of The Addams Family. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 10, 2019
You might might grin at the nostalgia of it all, an inventive moment or two, but little else. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeOct 10, 2019
Anyone who’s still engaged by the end of the movie is probably too young to remember the original. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoOct 10, 2019
The filmmakers and a nifty cast give the characters some clever, amusing flourishes — it’s definitely diverting seeing the Addamses rendered in state-of-the-art animation, given their cartoon origins — but it ultimately isn’t enough to keep the mood from turning dull. Read full review
50
IndieWireKate ErblandOct 10, 2019
Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon’s animated The Addams Family introduces the Addams gang to a new generation by way of a retrofitted origin story that shakily attempts to hold fast to its original charms while cramming it inside decidedly modern trappings. Read full review
42
The VergeCaroline SiedeOct 10, 2019
Unfortunately, The Addams Family is so bland, unfunny, and poorly structured that even the best intentions can’t elevate it. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanOct 10, 2019
The Addams Family has an overly processed outré harmlessness. It’s so busy treating its famous domesticated ghouls as icons that it forgets to rediscover what’s memorable about them. Read full review
38
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiOct 10, 2019
The voice work and the overly smooth animation mostly stink. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDerek SmithOct 10, 2019
Until the finale, the film tirelessly hammers home the importance of being true to yourself, yet its ultimate resolution, one of relatively uneasy compromise, confuses even that simple point. Read full review
30
Screen DailyTim GriersonOct 10, 2019
Never satisfyingly kooky, spooky or ooky, the new animated Addams Family film transports Charles Addams’ lovably macabre clan into the 21st century, resulting in an undistinguished children’s comedy full of dull pop-culture referencing and half-hearted commentary about the importance of inclusiveness. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonOct 10, 2019
Yes, there are funny lines, but nearly all of them are familiar to fans; it’s almost like a greatest hits of “Addams Family” quotables. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOct 10, 2019
A movie so bland and forgettable it hardly merits a groan from the Frankenstein-like butler called Lurch, The Addams Family strongly suggests that directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon deserve little credit for 2016's Sausage Party, the hit they directed for writers/producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Read full review
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