Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Michael_Elliott Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977)** (out of 4)Gomez (John Astin), Morticia (Carolyn Jones), Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan) and various other members of the family return in this made- for-television special that has the weird family getting ready for a Halloween party. Along the way an outside tries to work himself into the family to try and so some spying on the various creepy things going on.If you're a fan of the television series then you'll probably be slightly entertained by this special, which at least gets the majority of the original cast members back and in action. I personally thought this special was okay but there's certainly nothing classic here. It seems that this period was full of popular television shows getting feature length movies and this here is pretty much average for this type of thing.I thought the best thing about this was Astin who has no problem fitting back into the role of Gomez. He's certainly very fun to watch and brings a lot of energy into the film. The supporting players are fun to watch as well but there's still no question that the screenplay is rather weak and there aren't nearly enough laughs to carry the picture.The entire film seems like a bunch of skits and it just never really feels like a movie or even a television show for that matter. It certainly doesn't help that the laugh track is so annoying and often has laughter at the lamest of jokes. Still, fans of the original will enjoy seeing the cast members and that's probably enough for them to watch this.

Blazehgehg I'll be honest with you, dear reader, and maybe this will invalidate my opinion for you: I could not even finish watching this.I am probably considered a casual fan of the Addams Family. I like the characters, but I have not seen every episode of their TV series, and I've barely read any of the original comics. But I do like them a great deal.This is not a joke: I figured this movie had to be building up to some kind of climax only to look down at the run time and realize I'd been watching for about 30 minutes. It felt like I'd been watching it FOREVER, and I still had more than half the movie left to go. I turned it off and found something else to watch.The plot is typical Addams Family guff: normies come in to the house and freak out at how weird everybody is. Except this time around, it just doesn't feel weird enough anymore. It's a different house, one that looks considerably less imposing and more like it's on loan from the Beverly Hillbillies. On the inside, things feel much too cramped and cluttered, but rarely ever "spooky." It's too colorful, too well lit, too sunny.Many of the jokes do not feel fresh. New characters are introduced that are literally carbon copies of existing characters, like Gomez's brother Pancho, who also happens to have a weakness for Morticia speaking French, a joke that they continually reference every two minutes for what feels like an eternity.Incidentally, I also had to rewind the movie just to make sure I wasn't missing anything, because you're dropped in to what feels like the middle of the story with very little explanation about who all of these new people are or why they're here. It's awful.And then there's the fact that it's Halloween. When you think of Halloween, you think golden leaves, cooler weather, and jack-o-lanterns. This movie looks like it was shot during the summer in the middle of Hollywood. I mean, the Addamses apparently have palm trees growing in their yard! Palm trees!A lot of the other reviews here on IMDb seem to be from people who saw this growing up and have nostalgia for it, but coming at it from somebody who was born after it aired and only just now watched it in his 30's, it's really not very good at all.

jumbobrain This low-budget, color video followup to the 1960s Addams Family series was a hardcore stinker. The original series, which in my opinion was never as clever as the original Charles Addams cartoons which inspired it, nevertheless had a certain charm and atmosphere that made a big impact on me as a kid. This special had none of that, and was little more than a chance to point the camera at the same group of actors (or at least the surviving ones). I mean, it ends with the family singing a Halloween carol! How lame is that? I had the good fortune to meet Charles Addams shortly before he died in 1988. While he was politely dismissive of the original series (he called it a kids' show, but not a bad one), he mentioned the reunion show as being singularly terrible. I agree.

lucastle After being off the air for so many years, it was nice to see ANY new Addams Family adventure. Their first (and only) appearance in color, unfortunately helped to show how old many of them had grown. Being shot on video and the low budget special effects (cousin Itt spoke 'garbled' dialog not his usual high speed reverse English) were disappointing, but it is a GREAT watch at Halloween. A moment to look for: In order for Carolyn Jones to be able to march up the staircase for the finale, it was necessary for her tight fitting dress to be slit up the back all the way up to her spine. Watch for John Astin's ear-to-ear grin as he stares at her butt while walking behind her & you'll see that this is a TRUE story!