They're all together ooky, the... decent-ish family flick *snap snap*
The nearly 100 year old (81 to be exact) franchise is back to introduce a new generation to macabre humor. Did it really succeed in what it set out to do, or will children forget it as soon as the next hit animated feature comes out. The plot centers around two different plot lines; one about Pugsly's passage into manhood, and the other plot being about not judging others, and learning to accept those who are different (Haven't heard that one before).
You may have already noticed the quirky art style they went with, this is actually a homage to the original 1938 comic strip. In all fairness, it works... sometimes. Some of the character designs are pretty good and great renditions of the original drawings, although then we get to some of the new characters that were made for the movie, god are they ugly. Unfortunately one of these new characters is a major side-character to Wednesday's plot, Parker Needler, the daughter of the movie's villain who befriends Wednesday. I wouldn't mind her character design too much if it weren't for the fact that she's important to the plot, and thus appears a lot throughout the movie. Funnily enough she looks more pleasing to the eye after the gothic makeover she got from Wednesday. Other then that one complaint, I don't mind the animation too much. To be honest, the only thing interesting in the movie was Wednesday's story of her exploring outside the Addam's Family estate, and causing general chaos where ever she went. Although because of this, it makes me wish that the other characters had as much development as her.
All in all, the movie is sadly lacking. I wish that the Addams had gotten into more wacky scenarios with the picturesque town at the foot of the mountain they live upon. Sure we get one scene, but that was far from enough for me. While the message is quite generic, it is a good one for children to learn, "it's okay to be weird". I most certainly could've benefited from such a message when I was a kid. The meh reunion with America's most spooky, kooky family gets a 2 out of 5 paws up.
Trigger warning
if you suffer from extreme arachnophobia like I do, think twice before seeing this in theaters as there are many moments throughout the movie where spiders are close to the screen for long periods of time.
You may have already noticed the quirky art style they went with, this is actually a homage to the original 1938 comic strip. In all fairness, it works... sometimes. Some of the character designs are pretty good and great renditions of the original drawings, although then we get to some of the new characters that were made for the movie, god are they ugly. Unfortunately one of these new characters is a major side-character to Wednesday's plot, Parker Needler, the daughter of the movie's villain who befriends Wednesday. I wouldn't mind her character design too much if it weren't for the fact that she's important to the plot, and thus appears a lot throughout the movie. Funnily enough she looks more pleasing to the eye after the gothic makeover she got from Wednesday. Other then that one complaint, I don't mind the animation too much. To be honest, the only thing interesting in the movie was Wednesday's story of her exploring outside the Addam's Family estate, and causing general chaos where ever she went. Although because of this, it makes me wish that the other characters had as much development as her.
All in all, the movie is sadly lacking. I wish that the Addams had gotten into more wacky scenarios with the picturesque town at the foot of the mountain they live upon. Sure we get one scene, but that was far from enough for me. While the message is quite generic, it is a good one for children to learn, "it's okay to be weird". I most certainly could've benefited from such a message when I was a kid. The meh reunion with America's most spooky, kooky family gets a 2 out of 5 paws up.
Trigger warning
if you suffer from extreme arachnophobia like I do, think twice before seeing this in theaters as there are many moments throughout the movie where spiders are close to the screen for long periods of time.
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