“私達のどこがヘンですか…。”
当主ゴメス、妻モーティシア、子供たちウェンズデーとパグズリー、モーティシアの母グラニー、それに物言わぬ執事ラーチと“手”。このアダムス・ファミリーの財産を狙う顧問弁護士は、金貸しの息子をゴメスの生き別れの兄フェスターとして屋敷に送り込む。
製作費: $30,000,000 (45億円)
興行収入: $191,502,426 (287億円)
推定収支: $161,502,426 (242億円)
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監督: バリー・ソネンフェルド
脚本: キャロライン・トンプソン / Larry Wilson / チャールズ・アダムズ
音楽: Marc Shaiman
制作: スコット・ルーディン / Graham Place
撮影監督: Owen Roizman
制作会社: Paramount Pictures / Orion Pictures / Scott Rudin Productions
A tonally loyal adaptation of the 60's TV show. Some nonsensical moments and lacklustre scenes but Huston and Julia steal the thing with such fervour you can't help but enjoy yourself at least a little. _Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a go._
I reckon central casting could have searched for an hundred years and never cast a better "Morticia" than Anjelica Huston in this enjoyable big screen adaptation of the television series. Happily married to "Gomez" (another inspired casting choice in Raul Julia), they live their nocturnally focussed lives with children "Pugsley" (Jimmy Workman),"Wednesday" (an almost unrecognisable Christina Ricci) and stoic, eight-foot tall, butler "Lurch" (Carer Struycken) in their Gothic mansion. Their idyllic existence is put under threat, though, when their erstwhile kindly uncle "Fester" (Christopher Lloyd) is duped by a couple of arch-cons to try and claim their family fortune - and home - and thus render them broke and homeless. Now, can "Gomez" thwart this cunning plan before his family are actually reduced to sleeping in graves - for real? The casting, writing and direction from a top-of-his game Barry Sonnenfeld make for an entertaining spoof of all thing macabre whilst still extolling a semblance of family virtues and loyalty - told in real time and using some amiable flashbacks from when they were all "younger". The visual effects are understated and effective - especially regarding their loyal retainer that is the disembodies "hand" and the script allows Lloyd in particular, but all in general to deliver a dialogue that raises a smile without raising an eyebrow. This is great fun and on a big screen, well worth a watch.
