“You have enslaved him. You have placed Fester in some strange sexual spell. I respect that, but please... You have gone too far. You have married Fester, you have destroyed his spirit, you have taken him from us. All that I could forgive. But Debbie... pastels?” - Morticia (the baddest bitch)
One element from the movie that resonates with me is that even though Morticia was almost in physical pain reading Cat in the Hat, she did whatever she thought would please her ''different'' child. Even though he wasn't the ''Addams'' they were used to, they refused to not love him and raise him the best they could. Morticia and Gomez are honestly amazing. Little 5 year old me noticed and appreciated it.
Fun fact about Raul Julia. His father “introduced “ pizza to Puerto Rico and started this pizza restaurant called La Cueva (the Cave). The restaurant looks like a cave inside, dimly lit, walls look like rocks. On the wall behind a table there is a picture of Raul Julia and a plaque with some of his info and how he always came to the restaurant after school sat at that table and did his homework. It’s a really old school place and the pizza is the best I have ever had. I am from PR so I grew up on that pizza so maybe I’m a bit biased....just thought to share that tidbit
I was mad at Andrew when this first came out for stopping the list of sequels that are better than the original. And I’m still mad that we still never got this list. I want Avaryl’s list!
Addams Family Values was better than the original entirely because they brought in Paul Rudnick to write it. He also wrote In & Out, Sister Act, and the spectacular Jeffrey (which should definitely be a future retro review candidate). Something I notices while re-watching this was that every single scene ends with a punchline.
Definitely! Addams Family Values is the ONLY Addams family movie I watch. I tried watching the one before it but it doesn't have the same comedic genius in my opinion.
YES! One of my favorite films as a kid, so glad you're reviewing this. Joan Cusack was so memorable "I was a ballerina, graceful, DELICATE! ... They had to go" Shows them the house on fire
@@tibb75 When she's in the car and she's acting out what she's going to say to the officer. "Officer, my husband was in that house. (She starts to fake cry, then goes into her cackle)."
I love the dialogue between Amanda and Wednesday on the dock (well, throughout the whole movie) but I love the... Amanda: I'll be the victim! Wednesday: All your life 😂 Wednesday's dead pan delivery is everything!
The Malcontent *YESSS!!!* Anytime I feel like giving that _amazing_ movie a rewatch, I remember that scene and think... _”Nah, not today.”_ Perhaps someday I’ll be emotionally stable enough to watch that poor, sweet shoe bite the big one again. But probably not though. Haha.
@@laurenzpeacock3234 I agree with those things but overall I think the sequel is a more exciting and engaging movie with a better plot, animation, and a less annoying kid character
Raul and Anjelica chemistry is everything in this movie! One of my favorites movies and the casting!!! My lord BRAVO! I actually had a crush with Joan Cusack because of this movie, she killed it!
What’s really great about Mercedes McNab (the girl who played Amanda) is that she actually later went on to get a recurring role on Buffy and Angel as Harmony Kendall.
I legit just finished watching this with my little sister while getting her Halloween costume ready for school tomorrow. 😆 I don’t know why I decided to watch it either, I must have sensed it.
Okay but the devil hand puppet was def the thing that made me reverse and play many times watching this. Ugh so good! The lil hands rubbing together is genius.
Wild Wild West is one of those movies for me at least where it’s so bad that it somehow transcends into this guilty pleasure ethereal realm. That’s mostly because of Kevin Kline and Kenneth Brennaugh. Not that Will Smith is bad, but he wasn’t quite the right kind of ham for the the feel the movie was going for, but he has his moments. “That....is a man’s.....heeeeeeeaaaaaaad.”
YES! One of my FAVE annual Halloween movies! When i was in high school, my school put on Chicago as their fall musical, so i used Debbie’s final monologue for my audition.
Absolutely agree! Debbie should return from the grave and be an ADAMS! she is perfect in this family. The crazy aunt who watches true crime shows with you and teaches you what they did wrong so you never get caught.
Um, yes please please please to Fabulous Bundt Retrospective month. A whole episode just talking about Emma Thomson? Toni Collete? Julie Andrews? Christine Baranski? Any of the K/Cates?
When we saw this movie in theaters you were given a cassette tape of the single, MC Hammer's Adams Family Groove! Love quirky 90s marketing tactics. Whoop!
My mum loved Adam's family so much I was almost named after Wednesday and I was even born on a Wednesday. This is especially sad as I grew up to be a gothy teen. Loved the review and happy Halloween. 🧛🏻♀️🖤🎃
Loved this movie. I always thought it was better than the first. Piggybacking off of the passion and respect that Morticia and Gomez shared, something I LOVED about Morticia that you never mentioned, was that she was never threatened by Debbie as this beautiful busty nanny coming in. It was never once mentioned because it was just known that Gomez would never stray and Morticia trusts him implicitly. I loved that they had such a wonderful relationship with each other and they treated their children as intelligent capable young people, yes they are children and they needed guidance, but they never treated them as stupid or talked down to them.
"So I-I killed. So I maimed. So I destroyed one innocent life after another. Aren't I a human being? Don't I yearn, and ache, and shop? Don't I deserve love...and jewelry?"
"50 grand for summer camp abd he's mistah woo woo" will forever be in my top 5 quote list. (Is it 50.or 20?) Either way, thank you for recognizing this masterpiece...THE ARTISTRY ASTOUNDS 😭
So fun facts, pugsley’s name was original going to be pubert (a play on puberty) back when the tv series was created but censors nixed that. Also the guy who plays pugsley is Ariel winter’s older brother. Also something that the movies canonized that fester was originally morticia’s uncle but the first movie changed it to Gomez’s brother because it worked better and it honestly does. Also Raul Julia has said of all the roles he ever played, this was his favorite because he loved children reacting to him and he started acting because he wanted to make kids happy and that made him happy.
This was EVERYTHING I could've asked for! Just watched the movie last weekend and kept going "holy crap EVERYONE is in this film! But no Retro Review yet :( " Happy Halloween, MovieWitches!
Avaryl looks so FABULOUS with her braids! Also the Addams Family Musical is SO fabulous! I saw a college production of it and it was amazing! The songs are 👌
Thanks for doing this one! AFV is my go to movie when I need a good laugh. I watch it maybe 1 or 2 times a week. It never gets old amd still cracks me up!
I know this isn't the question but Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 ruined my childhood, not because I liked the original, but because I had a friend who loved it so much that I sat through that fucking movie EVERY sleepover. I've seen superbabies 2 over fifteen times. Superbabies 2 ruined a whole part of my life.
I’m going to sound like a total nerd but, the blonde girl was on the plane next to her parents and the baby didn’t breathe fire, he shot a flaming arrow. You two are THE BEST!! 🌟💖🌟💖🌟💖🌟
Of course I’m so excited you talked about this masterpiece, but now all I want is for you to review the Brady bunch movie. Love this trope of old tv shows renewed into movie format in the 90s with a satirical tone!
YES!!!! I just came back from a halloween scout meeting and what a LOVELY surprise to come home to this :D I LOVE THESE MOVIES! I love the first series as well, but these actors are just so great!
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you so much for this!!! I love this movie so damn much and to see you two love it makes me so happy!!! Also how Joan Cusack wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars still baffles the life out of me 😭 😭 😭
I can't recommend The Lizzie Borden Chronicles enough! Christina Ricci murders her way through town in increasingly bloody and wacky ways and you can tell she's having an absolute ball. It's well worth a watch.
I used to be terrified of the dark, more so than any other kid, it seemed, until I watched this movie and the first one. They were ultimately really important to me and helped me form my attitudes about humor in the face of dark shit. *Sidenote: I got to see the OBC of the musical with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, and omfg, fucking fabulous
“You have enslaved him. You have placed Fester in some strange sexual spell. I respect that, but please... You have gone too far. You have married Fester, you have destroyed his spirit, you have taken him from us. All that I could forgive. But Debbie... pastels?” - Morticia (the baddest bitch)
Join Cusacks reaction slays me
Debbie:
>:O
"Get out of my house!"
One element from the movie that resonates with me is that even though Morticia was almost in physical pain reading Cat in the Hat, she did whatever she thought would please her ''different'' child. Even though he wasn't the ''Addams'' they were used to, they refused to not love him and raise him the best they could. Morticia and Gomez are honestly amazing. Little 5 year old me noticed and appreciated it.
“Wednesday is at that very special age when there’s only one thing on her mind”
“Boys?”
“Homicide”
This quote has summed up my whole entire life. It' resonated with me as a child and it holds true till this day.
“Oh no-it’s Disney”
I mean that quote has just grown with time
And apparently will continue growing... *begrudgingly gesticulates wildly at everything*
The way she says Malibu Barbie kills me. My sister and I still quote that line to each other.
"Mal-i-🅱️u 🅱️ar-🅱️ie"
Relationship goals: Morticia and Gomez.
Always
All you need is trust and military grade duct tape. 🖤
They are THE MOST loving, caring, thoughtful, and sexy couple on screen. Their love oozes.
Fun fact about Raul Julia. His father “introduced “ pizza to Puerto Rico and started this pizza restaurant called La Cueva (the Cave). The restaurant looks like a cave inside, dimly lit, walls look like rocks. On the wall behind a table there is a picture of Raul Julia and a plaque with some of his info and how he always came to the restaurant after school sat at that table and did his homework. It’s a really old school place and the pizza is the best I have ever had. I am from PR so I grew up on that pizza so maybe I’m a bit biased....just thought to share that tidbit
I was mad at Andrew when this first came out for stopping the list of sequels that are better than the original. And I’m still mad that we still never got this list. I want Avaryl’s list!
Addams Family Values was better than the original entirely because they brought in Paul Rudnick to write it. He also wrote In & Out, Sister Act, and the spectacular Jeffrey (which should definitely be a future retro review candidate). Something I notices while re-watching this was that every single scene ends with a punchline.
Oh yes, excellent suggestion for Jeffrey!
@@BloodylocksBathory I'm still hoping for a torch song trilogy review #oldqueen
@@olzki definitely!
Definitely! Addams Family Values is the ONLY Addams family movie I watch. I tried watching the one before it but it doesn't have the same comedic genius in my opinion.
"Addams Family Values"was better than the original entirely because there was more Wednesday in it.🖤
as for best sequels you cannot deny that Shrek 2 is potentially one of the best cinematic sequels in existence
... is it? uuugh.
Rotciv yup.
Yes! Always felt this!
YES! One of my favorite films as a kid, so glad you're reviewing this.
Joan Cusack was so memorable "I was a ballerina, graceful, DELICATE! ... They had to go" Shows them the house on fire
SORRY. DEBBIE. NO MERCEDES THIS YEAR. WE HAVE TO SET AN EXAMPLE. ...oh yeah? *SET THIS*
@@tibb75
When she's in the car and she's acting out what she's going to say to the officer. "Officer, my husband was in that house. (She starts to fake cry, then goes into her cackle)."
Fester: give me a kiss!
Debbie: give me a 20.
I always use this line on men.. lol
The constant highlight on Morticia is one of my favourite things about these movies.
Both of you have willed the new Wednesday show into existence. I couldn´t be prouder.
They owe us a check!
@@MovieBitchescan't wait to hear your thoughts >:)
I cackled too loud at my desk at work when Averyl said “That’s almost reason a to have a baby!” CACKLED!! Hahahaha
I love the dialogue between Amanda and Wednesday on the dock (well, throughout the whole movie) but I love the...
Amanda: I'll be the victim!
Wednesday: All your life
😂 Wednesday's dead pan delivery is everything!
In the Italian dub they say:"Can I be the one who drowns?!😁" "Yes,FOREVER.💀"
Wednesday Adams: High School Years
So Daria?? :D
I absolutely trust you guys to have a well thought out, comprehensive list of sequels that are better than the original movies.
Yes! Just wrote how we're still waiting for it 😅
@@MatthewJohnHadodo i know! where is thr list??
I've been waiting for this for so long!! The fabulousity of Joan Cusack is immeasurable
We’re being the Addams family this Halloween and our baby will be decked out mustache and spider pjs
Pictures please!!
Dmed 😊
Speaking of Christopher Lloyd. When are we getting who framed Roger rabbit
Ugh, the death of the shoe still shakes me.
The Malcontent *YESSS!!!* Anytime I feel like giving that _amazing_ movie a rewatch, I remember that scene and think... _”Nah, not today.”_ Perhaps someday I’ll be emotionally stable enough to watch that poor, sweet shoe bite the big one again. But probably not though. Haha.
I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way
Rescuers down under for the better sequel list
what? The original Rescuers has a much better chemistry between Bernard and Bianca, and a better villain (duo)
@@laurenzpeacock3234 I agree with those things but overall I think the sequel is a more exciting and engaging movie with a better plot, animation, and a less annoying kid character
Mercedes McNab, who played Amanda Buckman, later went on to play Harmony in Buffy and Angel. She is a rockstar!
Raul and Anjelica chemistry is everything in this movie! One of my favorites movies and the casting!!! My lord BRAVO! I actually had a crush with Joan Cusack because of this movie, she killed it!
Her in that dress at the end was reason # 200000000 of me liking girls.
@@themalcontent298 SAAAAAMEEEEE
Just like her character Debbie's various hubbies before she matched wits with The Addams Family, which wound up being her undoing.
The actress who played Amanda plays Harmony in Buffy and Angel
She knows how to play annoying characters 😂😂
Guys, the tango scene is referencing ...almost down to the locale in a way, the famous Rudolf Valentino tango in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
"I am a turkey. KILL ME!"
Gah! this movie is so good!
YESSSSS FINALLY YES I LOVE THIS CHRISTINA RICCI MARATHON OEUVRE
LMAO I’m just watching this and Wednesday is getting a high school/ boarding school show from Tim Burton!!! The dream has been realized!!!
Joan Cusack is amazing! And I love seeing The Witches in the background! RetroReview?😉
The Monk Vs. Maisel debate really made me laugh especially when Andrew says 'oh whatever' like Regina George 53:30
What’s really great about Mercedes McNab (the girl who played Amanda) is that she actually later went on to get a recurring role on Buffy and Angel as Harmony Kendall.
I legit just finished watching this with my little sister while getting her Halloween costume ready for school tomorrow. 😆 I don’t know why I decided to watch it either, I must have sensed it.
Okay but the devil hand puppet was def the thing that made me reverse and play many times watching this. Ugh so good! The lil hands rubbing together is genius.
Shrek 2 is better than the first simply for the “Holding out for a Hero” cover
I was literally watching the movie when you uploaded this, what kind of Halloween magic is this
Wild Wild West is one of those movies for me at least where it’s so bad that it somehow transcends into this guilty pleasure ethereal realm. That’s mostly because of Kevin Kline and Kenneth Brennaugh. Not that Will Smith is bad, but he wasn’t quite the right kind of ham for the the feel the movie was going for, but he has his moments.
“That....is a man’s.....heeeeeeeaaaaaaad.”
Sequels list!! Sister Act 2 towers over Sister Act. The Joyful, Joyful performance alone is iconic!
32:45 And They did that show, are yall gonna watch it?
YES! One of my FAVE annual Halloween movies!
When i was in high school, my school put on Chicago as their fall musical, so i used Debbie’s final monologue for my audition.
Absolutely agree! Debbie should return from the grave and be an ADAMS! she is perfect in this family. The crazy aunt who watches true crime shows with you and teaches you what they did wrong so you never get caught.
Sally Field month, Dolly Parton month, Madeline Kahn month, Whitney Houston month...
I came from the future to say there is a wednesday in highschool show (32:36) in netflix now, and it really tried. but no. the don't get it.
I think you now have grounds to sue Netflix... You guys basically gave them Wednesday's plot .... Just saying 😉
“Eat us! Sautéed or barbecued. Eat us! We once were pets, but now we’re food...”
"The first one's good, but there's sometcing about the second one." That something is called Joan Cusack lol
Um, yes please please please to Fabulous Bundt Retrospective month. A whole episode just talking about Emma Thomson? Toni Collete? Julie Andrews? Christine Baranski? Any of the K/Cates?
omg the wine bottle with the fog! This review was everything I wanted and moooore.
Chelsea Riley-Starr is that fog? Looks more like pasta on a low simmer
"give me a kiss"
"give me a 20"
THE DAY HAS ARRIVED
k1ngofk1ngs2000 it’s been 84 years
I love how Andrew sounds like the Count listing off fabulous bundts. "Four! Four fabulous bundts! Five! Fabulous bundts! Ah ah ah!"
Yaaay a movie I ADORE reviewed on a day I’ll never forget. 😍😍 I got engaged today. This day is just TOO good!
24:32 I sent this moment to my friend and that's all it took for her to subscribe, lol.
You're really spoiling us lately. I'm so overwhelmed by all these iconic movie retro reviews. Keep it you you fabulous bunts! ❤
I named my dog after the movie “The Pirate” and when Andrew said Macoco my pup just looked up from chewing his bone lol
I wished Mortischa was my mom when I was a kid.
Being a kid is wishing Morticia was your mom
Being an adult is wishing Morticia was your wife
When we saw this movie in theaters you were given a cassette tape of the single, MC Hammer's Adams Family Groove! Love quirky 90s marketing tactics. Whoop!
My mum loved Adam's family so much I was almost named after Wednesday and I was even born on a Wednesday. This is especially sad as I grew up to be a gothy teen. Loved the review and happy Halloween. 🧛🏻♀️🖤🎃
Loved this movie. I always thought it was better than the first. Piggybacking off of the passion and respect that Morticia and Gomez shared, something I LOVED about Morticia that you never mentioned, was that she was never threatened by Debbie as this beautiful busty nanny coming in. It was never once mentioned because it was just known that Gomez would never stray and Morticia trusts him implicitly. I loved that they had such a wonderful relationship with each other and they treated their children as intelligent capable young people, yes they are children and they needed guidance, but they never treated them as stupid or talked down to them.
I hope you guys are penny marshall and Paul Lynde for Halloween!😄
Your fabulous bunt week idea would be a great idea for the podcast!!! I'm always looking for more episodes from that and would love this!
"Something about fake birds really makes me laugh."
Crystal Methyd did her homework for the Nelly Furtado lipsync!
I know you guys did this for Halloween, but I put this in my annual ThanksLIVING viewing.
I have never opened a video notification so fast
I feel like I've been waiting for this one for years
"So I-I killed. So I maimed. So I destroyed one innocent life after another. Aren't I a human being? Don't I yearn, and ache, and shop? Don't I deserve love...and jewelry?"
"50 grand for summer camp abd he's mistah woo woo" will forever be in my top 5 quote list. (Is it 50.or 20?) Either way, thank you for recognizing this masterpiece...THE ARTISTRY ASTOUNDS 😭
This is literally a Halloween miracle thank you so so much!
Seeing this, I kinda want you guys to react to Michelle Visage on Strictly Come Dancing. She played Morticia Addams last week and scored very high!
58:20 that is so true!
That scene about the meatloaf was stucked in my head since the first time I saw the movie when I was a kid
What if Isabella Rosselini's character Lisel from Death Becomes Her is actually some cousin of Morticia?
So fun facts, pugsley’s name was original going to be pubert (a play on puberty) back when the tv series was created but censors nixed that. Also the guy who plays pugsley is Ariel winter’s older brother. Also something that the movies canonized that fester was originally morticia’s uncle but the first movie changed it to Gomez’s brother because it worked better and it honestly does. Also Raul Julia has said of all the roles he ever played, this was his favorite because he loved children reacting to him and he started acting because he wanted to make kids happy and that made him happy.
Also the baby they used for pubert was a girl
This was EVERYTHING I could've asked for! Just watched the movie last weekend and kept going "holy crap EVERYONE is in this film! But no Retro Review yet :( "
Happy Halloween, MovieWitches!
Avaryl looks so FABULOUS with her braids! Also the Addams Family Musical is SO fabulous! I saw a college production of it and it was amazing! The songs are 👌
The thought of anyone new to moviebitches in the future questioning what a fabulous bunt is will never not be funny to me 😂
I saw the notification and knocked over all of my pens off my desk at work because I grabbed my phone so quickly
As soon as I saw this notification, I hyperventilated 😍😍
I know it's been two years but once you're back together I would still love a sleepaway camp viewing party
Ugh this is one of my favorite childhood movies! thank you!!
Took me years to realize the little girl who plays Amanda Buckman grew up to play Harmony on Buffy/Angel
Thanks for doing this one! AFV is my go to movie when I need a good laugh. I watch it maybe 1 or 2 times a week. It never gets old amd still cracks me up!
omg I literally mouthed *MALIBU BAR-BIE* as soon as I saw the notification for this video.
You are both perfection. Thank you guys for delivering another October of amazing films and hope your Halloween’s are fab! 🎃
These are some of my favorite movies of all time! The parent trap remake is also one of my favorites so was happy for that mention!
Now for ADDAMS FAMILY REUNION!!! Love you both dearly 💜💜💜
Omg Addams family reunion was the movie I watched constantly as a child. Continued my love of Tim Curry!
On the list of better sequels? Toy Story 2. Obviously adding Joan Cusack to a cast is the magic ingredient to improve a franchise.
YES! I feel like I've waited my whole life for this review!
I know this isn't the question but Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 ruined my childhood, not because I liked the original, but because I had a friend who loved it so much that I sat through that fucking movie EVERY sleepover. I've seen superbabies 2 over fifteen times. Superbabies 2 ruined a whole part of my life.
Rescuer’s Down Under and Feivel Goes West for the better sequels list. If it’s not on there I shall scream! :p
I only know David Krumholtz from The Santa Clause movies lol I thought he was adorable as Santa’s right hand elf! 😂
David Krumholtz is and forever will be Bernard from The Santa Clause.
I’m going to sound like a total nerd but, the blonde girl was on the plane next to her parents and the baby didn’t breathe fire, he shot a flaming arrow. You two are THE BEST!! 🌟💖🌟💖🌟💖🌟
Of course I’m so excited you talked about this masterpiece, but now all I want is for you to review the Brady bunch movie. Love this trope of old tv shows renewed into movie format in the 90s with a satirical tone!
10 minutes from the end of the episode I only just realised Avaryl is wearing her hair like Wednesday's 😂 ugh the detail is just, ugh 👌
YES!!!! I just came back from a halloween scout meeting and what a LOVELY surprise to come home to this :D I LOVE THESE MOVIES! I love the first series as well, but these actors are just so great!
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you so much for this!!! I love this movie so damn much and to see you two love it makes me so happy!!! Also how Joan Cusack wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars still baffles the life out of me 😭 😭 😭
I can't recommend The Lizzie Borden Chronicles enough! Christina Ricci murders her way through town in increasingly bloody and wacky ways and you can tell she's having an absolute ball. It's well worth a watch.
I'm so glad I found this channel!!
This notification just made my day. I'll probably watch this movie later since I'll be stuck inside due to storms. Happy Halloween, bitches! 🎃🖤👻🧡
The Black Widow Terese Russell disguise reference is great.
I used to be terrified of the dark, more so than any other kid, it seemed, until I watched this movie and the first one. They were ultimately really important to me and helped me form my attitudes about humor in the face of dark shit.
*Sidenote: I got to see the OBC of the musical with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth, and omfg, fucking fabulous