The Addams Family (2019)
The Addams Family is a 2019 American 3D computer-animated horror comedy movie based on Charles Addams ' homonymous comics. Directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, the film stars Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, and Allison Janney's voices.
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The film was released internationally in the U.S. by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through the release of United Artists and Universal Pictures on October 11, 2019. The film received critics ' mixed reviews and grossed more than $56 million. The release of a sequel is planned for October 22, 2021.
About The Addams Family
Directed by: Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan
Produced by: Gail Berman, Conrad Vernon, Alex Schwartz and Alison O'Brien
Screenplay by: Matt Lieberman
Story by: Matt Lieberman, Erica Rivinoja and Conrad Vernon
Based on: Characters by Charles Addams
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler and Allison Janney
Music by: Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna
Edited by: Kevin Pavlovic and David Ian Salter
Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Nitrogen Studios, Bron Creative, Cinesite and The Jackal Group
Distributed by: United Artists Releasing (United States) and Universal Pictures (International)
Release date: October 11, 2019 (United States)
Running time: 87 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $40 million
Box office: $56.8 million.
Plot
During their wedding ceremony, Gomez and Morticia Addams were chased away by an angry mob, disapproving of their macabre existence, with the rest of the Addams family. Gomez and Morticia decide to move to New Jersey, a place where "no one would be caught dead." There, Gomez, Morticia and Thing find their "perfect" house in an abandoned and haunted asylum on a hill where they encounter Lurch, a mentally abused patient whom they hire as their butler immediately.
The Addams family has since lived their bleak lives in isolation from the outside world, 13 years later. Gomez is training his son Pugsley for his forthcoming Mazurka, a rite of passage performed by every member of the Addams family. Morticia is struggling to keep her daughter from wanting to experience the world outside the mansion on Wednesday after a balloon and confetti appear on her house.
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Apart from that, reality TV host Margaux Needler, who is creating a perfect planned community called "Assimilation" so that her show is going to have a good season finale, discovers the household of the Addams family and is adamant to get rid of it when the family refuses to change. Instead Wednesday encounters the abused daughter of Margaux Parker and convinces Morticia to let her go to high school. Pugsley is dealing with his Mazurka's complex rituals and tension, even with Gomez and Uncle Fester's guidance.
At school, Wednesday defends Parker from a school bully named Bethany and befriends her. Later on, the two discuss their frustrations and change their dressing habits – Parker becomes more gothic and Wednesday dresses more colorfully – to the shock of both their mothers. After an argument with Morticia, Wednesday decides to run away in secret and stay with Parker, which Pugsley inadvertently tells Morticia.
Wednesday and Parker discover under Parker's house a secret room revealing that Margaux planted hidden cameras in every house she built in town and spread rumors about the Addams family through social media. Margaux captures both of them and locks them in the attic, but they're let out on Wednesday. Using the Insta-Mob device, Margaux gathers an angry mob to attack the mansion just as Grandmama, her sister Sloom, Cousin Itt, and the whole clan of Addams arrive for the Mazurka of Pugsley.
Pugsley fails miserably in front of the entire family during the Mazurka, but Gomez nevertheless reassures him that he is an Addams. The crowd arrives flinging bricks, causing severe damage to the house and trapping the family. To protect his friends, Pugsley uses his love of explosives and destruction and manages to smash the trebuchet of the mob. With the aid of the Ichabod tree, Wednesday and Parker meet and get everyone out of the rubble safely.
When Margaux once again tries to take charge, her treachery is revealed to the people, and Wednesday says everyone is odd in their own unique way. Glenn, agent of Margaux, brings a letter from the network claiming that her show was cancelled as Fester arrives at a compromise. Civilians of assimilation realize the mistake of their ways.
The citizens of the Addams Family and Assimilation live in peace after working together to restore the house. Margaux becomes partners in the selling of properties to the other members of the Addams Family with Fester. Pugsley is going through his Mazurka as Cousin Itt is taking a family picture.
Voice cast
- Oscar Isaac as Gomez Addams, Morticia's husband.
- Charlize Theron as Morticia Addams, Gomez's wife.
- Chloë Grace Moretz as Wednesday Addams, Gomez and Morticia's daughter.
- Finn Wolfhard as Pugsley Addams, Gomez and Morticia's son.
- Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester, Gomez's brother.
- Snoop Dogg as Cousin Itt, Gomez's cousin.
- Bette Midler as Grandmama, Gomez and Fester's mother.
- Allison Janney as Margaux Needler, a sly and greedy reality TV show host and homemaking guru.
- Conrad Vernon as Lurch, the Addams Family's butler.
- Vernon also voices a priest that presides over Gomez and Mortica's wedding, the spirit that haunted the abandoned asylum that Gomez and Morticia move into (who often threatened them to get out, much to the family's delight), and Dr. Flambe, a devil-like relative of the Addams family with fire-like abilities.
- Elsie Fisher as Parker Needler, Margaux's neglected and rebellious daughter who befriends Wednesday.
- Martin Short as Grandpa Frump, Morticia's late father who Morticia contacts through a séance.
- Catherine O'Hara as Grandma Frump, Morticia's late mother who Morticia contacts through a séance.
- Aimee Garcia as Denise, a camera operator who works for Margaux.
- Pom Klementieff as Layla and Kayla, twin girls who are Parker's friends.
- Tituss Burgess as Glenn, Margaux's agent.
- Jenifer Lewis as Great Auntie Sloom, Grandmama's dwarfish sister who uses stilts under her dress to appeared much taller than Grandmama.
- Scott Underwood as Mitch, a member of Maurgaux's film crew.
- Chelsea Frei as Bethany, a girl who picks on Parker.
- Mikey Madison as Candi, a barista.
- Deven Green as Ms. Gravely
- Maggie Wheeler as Trudy Pickering
- Harland Williams as Norman Pickering
- Williams also voices Ggerri.
Production
The movie originally started development at Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment as a stop-motion animated film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Chris Meledandri in 2010, after obtaining the rights to the Addams Family comics. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, however, revealed in 2013 that it would create an animated film based on the comics of the Addams Family, with Pamela Pettler writing the screenplay. As part of a multi-picture co-financing deal with the studio, it was revealed in June 2019 that Bron Creative would co-finance the film with MGM.
It was revealed in October 2017 that Conrad Vernon would direct and produce the film. The film would be produced by Gail Berman and Alex Schwartz, and the script would be revised by Matt Lieberman. Cinesite Studios will animate the script, with Tabitha Shick overseeing MGM's film. It was announced in December 2017 that the role of Gomez Addams in the film was voiced by Oscar Isaac in talks. With the inclusion of Charlize Theron, Allison Janney, Bette Midler, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard and Nick Kroll, Isaac was announced for the voice cast in June 2018. Aimee García joined the voice cast in July 2018. Elsie Fisher joined the cast in August 2018. Catherine O'Hara and Martin Short have been added to the voice cast in November 2018. As Cousin Itt, Glenn, and Great Auntie Sloom, Snoop Dogg, Tituss Burgess, and Jenifer Lewis joined the voice cast in August 2019.
Soundtrack
Christina Aguilera released the song "Haunted Heart" from the movie's soundtrack on September 27, 2019. Besides that, Migos, Snoop Dogg and Karol G are singing a movie song called "My Parents," released two weeks earlier.
Release
On October 11, 2019, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the film theatrically through United Artists Releasing in the United States, with Universal Pictures handling international rights. To order to avoid direct competition with Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, it was previously set for October 18, 2019 before switching to October 11.
Marketing
With a $150 million international marketing partner initiative, the biggest outside their 007 franchise, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the movie.
Box office
The Addams Family was released in the United States and Canada along with Gemini Man and Jexi, and its opening weekend was expected to gross $28–30 million from 4,007 theaters. On its first day, the film made $9.7 million, including $1.25 million from previews on Thursday night. It finished second behind holdover Joker to debut at $30.3 million. In its second weekend, it dropped 47 percent to $16 million, finishing fourth.
Conclusion
An illustrated version of the series of cartoons by Charles Addams about a strange, ghoulish family.
