The Addams Family

The Addams Family is a 2019 American 3D computer-animated comedy horror film based on the comics of the same name by Charles Addams. The film is directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, and stars the voices of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, and Allison Janney.

It was released in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through United Artists Releasing and by Universal Pictures internationally on October 11, 2019. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with many praising the voice cast, comedy and animation, but criticized the light tone of the story considering the original source material's more darker tone.

Plot
Gomez and Morticia Addams are chased away with the rest of the Addams clan during their wedding ceremony by an angry mob that disapprove of their macabre nature. Gomez and Morticia decide to move to New Jersey, a place where "no one would be caught dead in." There, Gomez, Morticia, and Thing find their "perfect" home in an abandoned haunted house on a hill where they meet Lurch, an escaped mental patient whom they immediately recruit as their butler.

Thirteen years later, the Addams family have since then lived their gloomy lives in isolation from the outside world. Gomez prepares his son Pugsley for his upcoming Mazurka, a rite of passage every Addams family member takes. Morticia struggles to keep their daughter Wednesday from wanting to experience the world outside of the mansion after a balloon and confetti appear on their property.

Elsewhere, reality TV host Margaux Needler, who is building a perfect planned community called "Assimilation", discovers the Addams family's household and becomes determined to rid the town of it when the family refuses to change. Wednesday then meets Margaux's neglected daughter Parker and convinces Morticia to let her attend junior high school. Pugsley struggles with the complicated traditions and pressure of his Mazurka, even with the guidance of Gomez and Uncle Fester.

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 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 a secret room under Parker's house revealing that Margaux has been planting hidden cameras in every house she designed in town. Margaux catches the two and locks them in the attic, but Wednesday breaks them out. Spreading rumors about the Addams family through social media, Margaux rallies an angry mob to attack the mansion just as Grandmama, Cousin Itt, and the entire Addams clan arrive for Pugsley's Mazurka. During the Mazurka, Pugsley fails miserably in front of the whole family, but Gomez reassures him that he is an Addams nonetheless. The mob arrives flinging boulders, severely damaging the house and trapping the family inside. Pugsley uses his love of bombs and destruction to protect his family and manages to destroy the mob's catapult. Wednesday and Parker join in and help everyone out of the wreckage safely.

As Margaux tries to take control once more, her treachery is revealed to the people and Wednesday states that everyone is weird in their own unique way. The town realizes the error of their ways and helps rebuild the mansion. The civilians and the Addams family live in peace, and a reformed Margaux becomes partners with Fester in selling homes to the other Addams Family relatives.

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 reality TV show host
 * Elsie Fisher as Parker Needler, Margaux's daughter who befriends Wednesday
 * Martin Short as Grandpa Frump, Morticia's father
 * Catherine O'Hara as Grandma Frump, Morticia's mother
 * Aimee Garcia as Denise
 * 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
 * Scott Underwood as Mitch
 * 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
In 2010, after acquiring the rights to the Addams Family comics, the film originally began production at Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment as a stop-motion animated film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Chris Meledandri. However, in 2013, it was announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would produce an animated film based on the Addams Family comics, with Pamela Pettler writing the screenplay. In June 2019, it was announced that Bron Creative would co-finance the film with MGM as part of a multi-picture co-financing agreement with the studio.

In October 2017, it was announced that the film would be directed and produced by Conrad Vernon. Gail Berman and Alex Schwartz will produce the film, and Matt Lieberman will make revisions to the screenplay, and the film would be animated by Cinesite Studios, with Tabitha Shick overseeing the film for MGM. In December 2017, it was reported that Oscar Isaac was in talks to voice the role of Gomez Addams in the film. In June 2018, Isaac was confirmed for the voice cast, alongside the additions of Charlize Theron, Allison Janney, Bette Midler, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard and Nick Kroll. In July 2018, Aimee Garcia joined the voice cast. In August 2018, Elsie Fisher joined the voice cast. In November 2018, Catherine O'Hara and Martin Short were added to the voice cast. In August 2019, Snoop Dogg, Tituss Burgess, and Jenifer Lewis joined the voice cast, with Snoop Dogg providing the voice for Cousin Itt.

Soundtrack
In October 2019, Christina Aguilera is set to release the song "Haunted Heart" from the soundtrack of the film. In addition to that, Migos, Snoop Dogg and Karol G sing a song of the film called "My Family", which was released two weeks before.

Release
The film was theatrically released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer through United Artists Releasing in the United States on October 11, 2019, with Universal Pictures handling the international rights. It was previously set for October 18, 2019 before moving up to October 11, to avoid competition with Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

Box office
In the United States and Canada, The Addams Family will be released alongside Gemini Man and Jexi, and is projected to gross $28–30 million from 4,007 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $9.7 million on its first day, including $1.25 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $30.3 million, finishing second behind holdover Joker.

Critical response
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 44% and an average rating of 5.42/10, based on 62 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "The Addams Family 's starry voice cast and eye-catching animation aren't enough to outweigh its saccharine handling of the delightfully dark source material." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.