The Addams Family

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The Addams Family follows the titular family as they deal with a nearby neighborhood and a real estate agent who wants them to either conform, leave, or be destroyed. This is a movie I think can pretty much be summed up in one word: decent. The animation is decent. I kind of like that a lot of the animation has this fast-paced energy to it. In fact, it kind of reminded me of the Hotel Transylvania movies. The story is decent. If anything, it kind of reminds me of the first live action Addams Family movie, but not quite as strong. The jokes are decent. The best ones are some of the more morbid jokes, but they don’t always feel like they go far enough. Most of the jokes made me chuckle, but only a handful of them are legitimately hilarious. The voice actors are decent. The best parts of the movie for me are easily Oscar Isaac as Gomez and Chloe Grace Moretz as Wednesday. Overall, nothing in the film is particularly bad. But, nothing in the film is exceptional either. Part of it could be the fact that this film is pretty clearly geared towards kids, especially compared to the two live action movies that came out in the early 90s. 

6 / 10