After Addams Family Values struggled at the box office, another film still followed a few years later.
But Addams Family 3 this was not…
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But the film didnt really hit.
As much as it was liked, its box office was less than half of the original.
It was released the week beforeMrs.
That, in turn, left any hope for anAddams Family 3in tatters.
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But then somebody went and thought of it anyway.
This one, though, was from a different company, with different intentions.
A screenplay was ordered from Rob Kerchner and Scott Sandin.
Payne, ahead of him, had his mini-horror franchise,Reeker.
Alongside him, replacing but not replacing Anjelica Huston, is Darryl Hannah as Morticia.
It feels like she was hamstrung from the off.
Its not that Hannah is bad, rather that she puts no stamp on the part.
Had the subsequent television series happened, that would have given her more space to explore it.
But for the here and now of this movie, she doesnt get that opportunity.
Faring slightly better, Nicole Figuere, as Wednesday, I think is quite good here.
But again, how can she compete with what came before?
Figuere slotted into that ensemble well.
But back toAddams Family Reunion, and things go wrong fairly quickly.
The film regularly aches to be like the earlier movies.
But like many sequences in the film, this delivering letters opening just goes on way too long.
And its one of the better moments.
Can one of their long-lost relatives help, they wonder?
Its not just that it doesnt generate chuckles.
It starts to get boring.
Again, any hope of aRocky Horror-esque vibe to that is quickly extinguished.
They basically grumble and scream a bit, although the production design does improve here.
There are the odd moments, and the film does hunt for fun.
Its the details that matter.
And when Gomez and Morticia do get to have a dance sequence together, its good fun.
Ive never seen a sequence so badly edited to cover up a marrying up of two shots.
That doesnt feel very Addams-y at all to me.
Warner Bros. has all but buried it.
As with most things that dont go right, there are people trying to make the best of it.
Some of the production design and ambition is above what its beermat budget allows.
Apart from that, I loved it.
