Year: 1998
Duration: 00:22:09
Directed by: John Bell, Jim Kaufman
Actors: Glenn Taranto, Ellie Harvie and Betty Phillips
Language: English
Country: USA
Also known as: Wednesday Leaves Home
Description: The Addams Family was designed by famous New York cartoonist Charles Addams. According to his idea Addams are very different from the usual ordinary families. Yes, they are strange and a bit crazy, but at the same time such touching.
Review: What was the highlight of the original series? it was created as a black comedy, with no hint of a children’s audience. But the circumstances were such that there was no violence, rudeness, adult humor and something terrible. Thus, the children’s audience watched this episode with the same pleasure as adults.
“The New Addams Family” went the other way and moved the bar to the side of the young generation. First it is a miracle I noticed on the channel «Foxkids» and even then realized that a good remake will not work.
Followers of the series will likely 7-13 years. This baby is everything: the dialogues, costumes, lighting, storyline and overall production. Partly this series actively annoyed and gave transcendent stupidity.
However, it is worth noting is the fact that when there was nothing to watch (with 10 channels is not particularly razgulyaeshsya) is killing time series perfectly. Places across really good jokes and funny situations.
Actors, apparently, all the drum on the script. It’s all the same will watch the kids, so you can not napryagatsya. Everything looks just one step higher than in the TV series “Happy Together”. While here, is to do a little accent on the very subject of the picture. How not strange, but the images were the highlight and a few grams of charisma. Strange but true.
Coped with the work only Michael Roberds (Uncle Fester) and Ellie Harvey (Mortis Addams). That’s claims against them at present.
In fact, “The New Addams Family” is the only product in this series, which is generally no where is listed as a black comedy. Before us is a children’s version of the original painting. As for the children’s film – well. But the adult audience can use this creation just for killing time. Sometimes it can shoot a good joke or a beautiful scene.
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This is a really good episode of the New Addams Family series that aired in 1998, and only went for a single season. But what a season that was! It covered the entirety of the original series. This episode doesn’t even begin to do it justice, so do yourself a favor, and get the entire series (they are floating around out there on the net…no official release to DVD yet. Probably never will be). As an Addams Family aficionado, I have to say that this updated remake of the old B/W series really hit the old spooky spot. Highlights are:
Ellie Harvey as Morticia…GORGEOUS.
Tabitha St. Germain as Melancholia/Catastrophia…GORGEOUSER.
Color!
Some neat modern industry inside jokes.
Glen Taranto (who plays Gomez) sometimes tries a little too hard to be like John Astin, who played the role originally with panache…and even reprises the role (somewhat) in this new series. The only downside is that it all ends. Definitely recommended. 🙂