Finally, there are some overt pagan, occult elements, including one scene where Morticia conducts a séance to speak with her dead parents. The movie also has some Romantic, politically correct elements about living one’s own truth. In addition, its melancholy humor detracts from the light redemptive, moral worldview, which extols family, as well as tradition, being kind to strangers, and forgiving those who hurt you. The animated movie is often clever but it’s also often disturbing. Hurt by years of misunderstanding, Gomez and Morticia flee to the darkest place they know: New Jersey! They encounter more unwelcoming people.Īt its core, THE ADDAMS FAMILY is about family, but viewers may have a hard time pushing through the darkness to discern redeeming values.
The movie opens with Gomez and Morticia’s wedding, which is crashed by an angry mob who call the Addams “monsters” and want the family out of their community. THE ADDAMS FAMILY animated horror comedy is presented as a family movie, but requires discernment for dealing with the ins and outs of raising quirky children and dealing with other goofy family members.
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