I like the second more, though I admit I skip past the opening cause I'm really not a fan of the cat part. I love the rest of it minus the eagle. The camp part is one of my favorite Wednesday moments along with "all your life".
If she's not so much obsessed with money, Debbie is a perfect fit to be an Addams. . Also, Morticia condoning Debbie's atrocities but seeing pastels as the last straw will forever be iconic. .
@@Glittersword True. My point is that they're not"against"having money,so Debbie's real mistake was not being into money,but simply her strategy...she tried to take Fester away from the Addams and to kill him instead of just trying to mingle in the family which would have _still_ result in her having the money and.. you know..not dying!;-P Basically she should have done what Margaret did.
My favourite moment of the previous film was a scene where Morticia looks for a job and says her field was spells and hexes and the person at the desk replies: “Liberal arts.” 😂
î always loved it when gomez announces "it's an addams" because this family truly doesn't care about gender or looks or whatever. the baby is an addams, that's all that matters.
@@Otisboy121 Yeah, it actually happens a lot with movies & TV shows, but in this case they felt it was meant to be because of the whole concept for the family added to the fact that the parents didn't really care about the gender.
The tragic irony of Debbie is that she fits right in with the family but is too wrapped up in her own baggage to ever realize it. She's so committed to her black widow scheme that she just doesn't ever seem to realize that the Addams's adore her and welcome her with open arms into the family. The only time they had any real problem with her was when she tried to separate Fester from the rest of the family. If she had just gone along with it she could have had free access to the Addams' wealth and a loving, supportive family that don't have any real problem with her violent, gold-digging ways. Even constantly trying to kill Fester isn't really a deal breaker because that's just a casual greeting as far as the Addams's are concerned.
Even her obsession with buying things, they'd cater to that, especially if it escalated to especially strange purchases. But no, she's got her eyes so set on a prize that she can't even see she's crossed the finish line already.
“You know the couple who make everyone insecure about dancing” No Gomez and Morticia are the couple who make you insecure about EVERYTHING. They are pretty much the perfect relationship personified to the point of how can we mere mortals compete :P
Fun Fact: Therapists Use The Addams Family as Example of a Healthy Relationship, They are always Encouging to each other, talking openly about issues, accepting of others and never judging others.
If Debbie wasn't so insane, then she'd have easily fitted in with the Addams Family. They were sympathetic towards her plight, and even buried her in their graveyard after she'd openly schemed against them.
There is a reason that Morticia has her own lighting. They shined light on her eyes as a reference to Bela Lugosi, who played Dracula in 1931. There were many close shots on Lugosi’s face and a light was shone only on his eyes to accentuate them, seeing as the movie was in black and white. It was usually done when Dracula was hypnotizing someone. You actually managed to post this video on Bela Lugosi’s 140th birthday, which is a great coincidence. Sorry, I’m just a huge nerd when it comes to old film lmao
As the weird "goth" girl and also Native American, that Thanksgiving play scene was everything to me growing up. 😂 The counselors are hilarious. I still can't help but think Debbie fits perfectly into the family lol. 🖤
While I love both movies, the second is probably more memorable to me. Wednesday and Pugsley hijacking the Thanksgiving Day Play is simply hilarious, and Joan Cusack steals every single one of her scenes as the deranged Debbie.
I wonder if either of you caught how Debbie says "NO WOMAN IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD MARRY YOU!" And then Fester's next love interest ends up being a woman named Dementia.
I find it funny how Wednesday says she doesn't smile in this movie, but she laughed and grinned in the other movie briefly at times lol. Also, did you recognize the blonde girl who was Wednesday's folly here? That actress was the girl who played the Girl Scout in the prior movie. Apparently as brief as her appearance was, she and Wednesday matched up so well that they decided to bring her into this sequel.
Absolutely a classic! The way Gomez fainted when he sees how “sick”the baby is 😂When they locked the kids in that small cabin… “but, it’s Disney”… I felt that, one of the cruelest tortures 😩 your reaction was hilarious!
They had a different writer for this film which helped greatly. He realized the potential in characters like Wednesday and bringing in Debbie which have become very iconic.
RIP Raul Julia...he was such a great Gomez Addams ! His chemistry with Angelica Huston as Morticia is amazing, pure passion and love...one of the best couple in all of fiction !!
Unfortunately, this and Street Fighter (1994.) was Raul Julia's (the actor of Gomez) last 2 movies. As he would pass away on October of 1994 due to a stroke. But what's crazy is that he had apparently also been battling stomach cancer for THREE YEARS prior to his death. It really speaks to his dedication to his craft that he worked on both Addam's family movies while battling cancer behind closed doors. What an absolute legend. Also ,like many other actors who died before their time, he left quite a mark on movie history and both the movies starring him as the head of the titular Addams Family prove it. *To this day* his version of Gomez and the rest of the family are considered the *gold standard* on how to adapt the characters. And the most wholesome part is that, while the possibility of replacing him was apparently penned due to Values making as much money as the original, the entire rest of the cast outright *refused* to reprise their roles without Raul Julia. So the love that the family has for each other ended up being passed along to the actors. All this proves that he didn't just play Gomez, he *was* Gomez.
18:56 what Gary and Becky forgot to take into account is that while the movies are upbeat and happy, some of them also had heroines that rebel against what's expected of them and Wednesday, Pugsley and Joel got the message loud and clear. Ironically the movies did work, just a little too well. 21:58 "We Gladly Feast On Those Who Would Subdue Us" 27:13 Never question Wednesday.
This may sound WILD, but as a kid I connected to the Wednesday character so much that I wrote to Christina Ricci. She sent me back a signed autograph of her pic 😂
Oh yay! So glad you guys reacted to this, can't wait! This one will always be my favourite just for the marvellous Joan Cusack (FYI she's the sister of John Cusack who voiced Dimitri in Anastasia. He's an awesome actor too!) :)
Joan Cusack (Debbie) is a very famous actress. She voices Jessie in Toy Story, one of her 1st cameos is in 16 Candles as nerd girl and she's hilarious, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Joan is a national treasure
I LOVE the second one, this made me realise that I was Wednesday of my family 😂 also the Debbie was a good add in member in this movie. I always loved how she never phase at the absurdity of Adams and poor Fester being played with again. The family drama is so great. The only disturbing thing is the beginning which I only saw through your reaction.
When my dad and I went to see this in the theater, the Eat Me song had us hyperventilating with convulsive laughter for like 5 minutes straight. That phrase maybe doest play the way it used to but it was kind of a dirty double entendre and having Pugsly sing it in a Turkey costume broke our brains.
I think it was originally planned to show more Morticia and Gomez, but Raul Julia (Gomez) was terminally ill with cancer during filming (it was either stomach or pancreatic, I don’t remember which) and their schedule was probably lessoned as a result. There are interviews out there with Angelica Houston (Morticia) where she talks about filming this movie with him, and she said it was the most heartbreaking thing she’d ever been a part of, because she both admired his professionalism and felt like she was literally watching him fall apart. I don’t remember if they offered to recast him and he refused, but he was determined to see this film through because he loved the part of Gomez so much. She said he was one of her favorite costars she’d ever worked with. I also find it really tragic that Debbie didn’t truly understand what she’d stumbled in to. This family absolutely not only would have accepted her, but would have also even overlooked (or in some cases encouraged) her constant attempts to off Fester. In another world, it would have probably made them as kinky as Morticia and Gomez if she had just embraced it. And I don’t really think there is a chance the Addams family money would ever run out, so she basically struck pure black gold and threw it away.
Joan Cusack was comedy genius in this movie. Every move every line know one else could of played Debbie the scene of her practicing telling her story of Fester death to the police and not being able to hold her laugh. 😂
Okay, a couple of things I love about the newest edition of this family, Pubert- the little guy is mustachioed, and he has a few tricks up his sleeve(shooting a flaming arrow, catching the blade part of the gulliottine, etc.).
Please note also: "Wednesday" is a new series premiering on Netflix on November 23, 2022. It's been created by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Tim Burton, starring Jenna Ortega as the titular character, with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, and Gwendoline Christie appearing in supporting roles. Christina Ricci, the original film Wednesday Addams, will be making an appearance as a different character.
My favorite scene in this movie is when Wednesday plays the lifeguard and Amanda plays the drowning victim. As soon as Amanda says "I'll be the victim!" Wednesday says "All you life". Then she jumps in the water and Wednesday just stands there and says "I can't swim". So funny and dark it makes me laugh so hard.
I like how they kept a lot of the characters from the first movie, even the minor ones. Amanda, the lead in the play, was the Girl Scout selling cookies from the first movie. She was also on the plane at the end that Pubert passed by. Her parents just pulled down the window shade- apparent they had enough after the camp play. :)
Joan Cusack is Debbie’s actress and she is in a lot! My first film watching her was as the mom in Ice Princess. Oh and Gilbert- the boy that’s into Wednesday played Bernard in Santa Clause. Christina Ricci pulling that smile and it actually looking painful. Fabulous actress and the outcasts taking over the play perfection!
For an improv class I had I remember we had one time where we switched it up and had a scripted monologue to remember, and the goal was to build upon it with improvisation so much we embodied the character. My monologue was Wednesday’s scene for the play. It was quite ironic seeing as she herself did the same thing. I spent weeks dressing and acting like her to try and get into her mindset, and ngl I blacked out during the whole scene. I remember none of it, but once I was done my friend came up to me and said I scared her so I guess I succeeded in embodying her 😂 An honor playing her either way, to this day that’s one of my favorite scenes in film of all time.
The problem wasn't that she was crazy; any self-respecting Addams could match her insanity. The problem was that she didn't love anyone but herself, while the Addamses always love each other.
The joke about the bald eagle being extinct doesn't land as well these days. Back in the 90's the American Bald Eagle was on the endangered species list, but it has since repopulated enough to come off.
The blonde little girl that's a snob is the actress Mercedes McNab who played the character Harmomy on the TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Alredy commented but I got some fun facts I wanted to point out just in case: 1. Part of the reason why the romance between Gomez and Morticia was so palpable in this adaptation was because Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston apparently legitimately fell in love over the course of working on these movies 2. Debbie probably would have fit right in with the rest of the family. Even being completely insane and greedy, the thing that made her an enemy in their eyes was the fact that she was *completely selfish* and didn't care about anyone else, not even family. 3. As you probably noticed, Mercedes McNab's girl scout character made a return from the previous movie to this one as a minor, but hillarious, antagonist 4. After this there was a straight to DVD movie which, while it starred Tim Curry who was admittebly a fantastic choice to play Gomez, wasn't very good. Carel Struycken (Lurch) was the only member of the original cast of the 1991 and 1993 movies reprise his role. But that's about the only impressive thing about it 5. There is a new series starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday coming this November. Jury is still out on whrther it will be good, but it seems that they will be keeping in line with the 90's films' style, just with a modern polish
1) Don't see how a gay Julia fell in love with a woman. 5) The trailer for the new series looks awful, and I can't believe they got Ortega as Gomez. Ortega himself is great, but not for this role. 6) I recommend the adult wednesday comedy skits by Melissa Hunter.
Forget all the romance movies and rom-coms that's ever been created because no couple can compare to Gomez and Morticia's chemistry. Their devotion and love for each other is my relationship goal!
great review guys, after your reaction to the first one i was really looking forward to this second one. christina ricci is just insanely talented and perfect for her role. joan cusack (debbie) is in a lot of stuff and she can be kind of a chameleon. thinking about her made me think about a rarely referenced movie called Toys (1992) that is really really entertaining but really weird. robin williams stars in it, as well as joan cusack, then the cast has michael gambon, LL Cool J, robin wright, jamie foxx in varying roles. looks like it wasn't rated too well but i remember liking it a lot as a kid. i'd do patreon just to watch your reaction to the full length movie just bc it's so weird. check it out!
"You have gone too far .. you've married Fester ... You've destroyed his spirit ... you've taken him from us ... All that i can forgive .. But Debbie! PASTELS !?" Most Favorite delivery of a movie line, haven't related to a female character as much as Morticia and Wednesday both perfection and so much like myself in many ways also ofcourse the male characters Gomez and Fester exceptional , and last but not least Debbie Pastel lol one of the best female villains ever made.
I lol as soon as I saw title. This is one of my all time favorites and I love that you guys reacted to this. It was already hilarious and then Joan Cusack came 😂
I loved both of these movies! I remember when the teaser trailer for the first film appeared, they did a gag straight out of Charles Addams comics that wasn't used in the actual movie where people are in a movie theater and an actress in the movie they are watching looks out into the audience and breaks the 4th wall with a scream causing the entire audience to turn around and look, and they gave us the first reveal of the family and the theme music started. The biggest difference between the films is that the first film used many jokes from the original comics, but the second movie was entirely new and original. Had Raul Julia (Gomez) not died unexpectedly of an illness a year after the second film released, there almost certainly would have been a third film with this cast. It's a sad irony that Raul Julia died so young, and John Astin, who played Gomez in the 1960s Addams Family television series, in his 90s is the only surviving adult cast member from that show.
The original (tv show) Uncle Fester was, as many may know, Jackie Coogan, who had been a HUGE child star in the days of silent movies -- I mean, Macaulay Culkin level. The law requiring parents of child actors to set aside a portion of their earnings to be held in trust for them until they reach adulthood was named for him.
My favorite line of Morticia is in that movie..."I'm just like any modern woman trying to have it all...loving husband...a family...it's just i wish i had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade...that's all" It's hilarious but also revealing of their relationships, Gomez wants to know whats wrong and how he can help her. It's part of the 11 good thing that couple do explained in the Cinema Therapy video which i highly recommends !!!
Fun fact about the Addems Family, in the original TV show their interior was pink... But due to black/white screens it was only released through photos.
I always thought it was interesting that when it came to the villains, they would fit in with the family. They would’ve been completely excepted and encouraged and some regards. But the key thing is the villains in both movies tried to separate the family and that’s the one line for the Addams family that you don’t cross.
@@whitenoisereacts also the cat in the hat joke. When she say oh no he survied. Thats actully a super dark joke. Cos the author was suicidal when he wrote that book so when she see it has a ending she kowns he didnt kill him self. Thats why she was reading that book in the hopes to turn him back
christina ricci is a great actress. shes been in a lot of things. debbie was played by joan cusack. you might know her brother, john cusack. joan is a pleasure every time shes on the screen. her characters are always so funny and unique. i think my favorite is her in grosse point blank, with her brother. that is a great movie if you havent seen it. they were also together in martian child, thoughshe had a smaller and less fun role in that.
Wednesday said she would scare her husband to death. And he has asthma so I feel when she grabbed his arm from the grave that’s what she meant. She wants him to be her husband
The Netflix series feels like a hard sell, because this for me will always be peak Wednesday. Christina Ricci chews the scenery with almost every line. If I had to choose a highlight, "I'll be the victim"/"All your life" still makes me cackle.
The new Wednesday's dialogue feels too "lets fit all the edgy punchlines we can have" but she does deliver the character well. Its saddening tho because I think the chemistry of the Addams family and what makes them is non-existent with the show.
I always really loved this movie. More Wednesday, and I found that Debbie was actually both a really great villain and a really great Addams. She's the sort of person that would have fit into the family perfectly, if only she didn't break the cardinal rule of the Addams. Loyalty to Family.
Which one do you like more? The first or second movie?
In my opinion, the second one is far superior. Joan Cusack is such a good villain, and Christina Ricci really makes the Wednesday character.
I like the second more, though I admit I skip past the opening cause I'm really not a fan of the cat part. I love the rest of it minus the eagle. The camp part is one of my favorite Wednesday moments along with "all your life".
The second one because they upped the gags.
The 2nd
Been a while since I seen this one but if I recall i did like this better bing a kid and seeing them a camp was fun
If she's not so much obsessed with money, Debbie is a perfect fit to be an Addams. . Also, Morticia condoning Debbie's atrocities but seeing pastels as the last straw will forever be iconic. .
Also,the Addams seem to be insanely rich so...her obsession with money IS actually something that would make her a perfect fit!;-P
@@Nicamon They might have the money but are not obsessed with it. Gomez has never made a bad investment. Things just work out for him.
She would be a perfect Addams if she wasn’t a psycho
Forbes estimated their fortune at $2 billion.
@@Glittersword True. My point is that they're not"against"having money,so Debbie's real mistake was not being into money,but simply her strategy...she tried to take Fester away from the Addams and to kill him instead of just trying to mingle in the family which would have _still_ result in her having the money and.. you know..not dying!;-P Basically she should have done what Margaret did.
Morticia is so iconic that she has her own lighting placement.
Fun fact! That lighting is called Moonlighting. It was often used in noir films.
and she's stunning
My favourite moment of the previous film was a scene where Morticia looks for a job and says her field was spells and hexes and the person at the desk replies: “Liberal arts.” 😂
My favorite moment of the previous film is the scout girls' cookies scene!>;-]
@@Nicamon they brought that same girl back to play Amanda at the summer camp.
@@rebajoe YES!😄But I actually saw this movie 1st so for me they brought back Amanda to play the scout girl!@.@
I love that part 😂😂😂
Yeah that was hilarious
î always loved it when gomez announces "it's an addams" because this family truly doesn't care about gender or looks or whatever. the baby is an addams, that's all that matters.
That is sweet!
Fun fact: The baby Pubert was played by identical twin girls!
@@tamarasmith9060 ……figures.
@@Otisboy121 Yeah, it actually happens a lot with movies & TV shows, but in this case they felt it was meant to be because of the whole concept for the family added to the fact that the parents didn't really care about the gender.
@@Otisboy121 bwahahahahaha 🤣 you fucking loser thanks for the laugh, troglodyte 🤡
The tragic irony of Debbie is that she fits right in with the family but is too wrapped up in her own baggage to ever realize it. She's so committed to her black widow scheme that she just doesn't ever seem to realize that the Addams's adore her and welcome her with open arms into the family. The only time they had any real problem with her was when she tried to separate Fester from the rest of the family. If she had just gone along with it she could have had free access to the Addams' wealth and a loving, supportive family that don't have any real problem with her violent, gold-digging ways. Even constantly trying to kill Fester isn't really a deal breaker because that's just a casual greeting as far as the Addams's are concerned.
So true.
Even her obsession with buying things, they'd cater to that, especially if it escalated to especially strange purchases.
But no, she's got her eyes so set on a prize that she can't even see she's crossed the finish line already.
“You know the couple who make everyone insecure about dancing”
No Gomez and Morticia are the couple who make you insecure about EVERYTHING. They are pretty much the perfect relationship personified to the point of how can we mere mortals compete :P
Fun Fact: Therapists Use The Addams Family as Example of a Healthy Relationship, They are always Encouging to each other, talking openly about issues, accepting of others and never judging others.
I love that Pugsly is fully aware of how iconic his sister is. He's content to just sit back and enjoy whatever chaos she unleashes.
He's a good brother. He understand that he's the Lenny to her George and is okay with it.
As long as she keeps torturing him, he’s cool with all her schemes
Debbie's problem was that she was too selfish. She didn't want to share. That was really all that kept her from working out in the family.
If Debbie wasn't so insane, then she'd have easily fitted in with the Addams Family. They were sympathetic towards her plight, and even buried her in their graveyard after she'd openly schemed against them.
Always agreed n never would have needed money
All Debbie had to be was open with her plan and they'd have accepted her
Nah, she has the mentality but not the physiology, she won't survive the pranks.
Actually her insanity would be a nice fit for the Addams family. The real problem was her greed and selfishness.
Love that your profile pic is from The Addams Family Musical
There is a reason that Morticia has her own lighting. They shined light on her eyes as a reference to Bela Lugosi, who played Dracula in 1931. There were many close shots on Lugosi’s face and a light was shone only on his eyes to accentuate them, seeing as the movie was in black and white. It was usually done when Dracula was hypnotizing someone. You actually managed to post this video on Bela Lugosi’s 140th birthday, which is a great coincidence. Sorry, I’m just a huge nerd when it comes to old film lmao
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“Don’t I deserve love...... and jewellery”
One of my favourite quotes ever 😂 😂
I mean she has a point 😅
As the weird "goth" girl and also Native American, that Thanksgiving play scene was everything to me growing up. 😂 The counselors are hilarious. I still can't help but think Debbie fits perfectly into the family lol. 🖤
Me too. Kind of like getting justice at the play. Bye bye pilgrams.
@@lesliedaubert1411 Exactly! Lol when they tie Amanda up and light the match. Bye girl. 😭😂 Gotta love Wednesday's speech during that part too.
The only thing about the play that's weird is that it takes place at Summer camp. But I choose to not think about that because it's so good.
Played brilliantly by Christina Baranski (Grinch/Mammia Mia) & Peter McNicol (Ally McBeal & Dracula spoof movie with Leslie Nielsen)
@@emmamcintyre6997 For Peter McNicol you forgot Ghostbusters 2
"I'll be the victim!"
"All your life..."
Love that quote!
“All your life.” Oh Wednesday.
There will never be a greater portrayal of Gomez then Raul Julia, may he Rest in Piece.
What about John Astin??
While I love both movies, the second is probably more memorable to me. Wednesday and Pugsley hijacking the Thanksgiving Day Play is simply hilarious, and Joan Cusack steals every single one of her scenes as the deranged Debbie.
I wonder if either of you caught how Debbie says "NO WOMAN IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD MARRY YOU!" And then Fester's next love interest ends up being a woman named Dementia.
Debbie’s Soliloquy along with the Slides was so darkly comic. We all deserve love and jewellery.
And the correct Barbie doll.
@@leslie2149 The reaction to her telling them about getting the wrong Barbie was one of the best bits in the movie.
We could watch Morticia reading Dr. Seuss all day 😂
Amanda was also the Girl Scout in the first one. She went on to be on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and ended up a vampire by the end.
Everytime I watch these movies all I can see is baby Harmony!;-D 💛
Harmony the Vampire
Harmony, especially after she got turned, was such a fun character.
@@jdnaz1288 True.😁
Harmony is such an underrated buffy character.
I find it funny how Wednesday says she doesn't smile in this movie, but she laughed and grinned in the other movie briefly at times lol.
Also, did you recognize the blonde girl who was Wednesday's folly here? That actress was the girl who played the Girl Scout in the prior movie. Apparently as brief as her appearance was, she and Wednesday matched up so well that they decided to bring her into this sequel.
I lovedmher as harmony in buffy/angel
Harmony from Buffy/Angel too. ❤
The actress that did the scout girl had to audition again for this movie, crazy.
Absolutely a classic! The way Gomez fainted when he sees how “sick”the baby is 😂When they locked the kids in that small cabin… “but, it’s Disney”… I felt that, one of the cruelest tortures 😩 your reaction was hilarious!
They had a different writer for this film which helped greatly. He realized the potential in characters like Wednesday and bringing in Debbie which have become very iconic.
RIP Raul Julia...he was such a great Gomez Addams ! His chemistry with Angelica Huston as Morticia is amazing, pure passion and love...one of the best couple in all of fiction !!
Unfortunately, this and Street Fighter (1994.) was Raul Julia's (the actor of Gomez) last 2 movies. As he would pass away on October of 1994 due to a stroke.
But what's crazy is that he had apparently also been battling stomach cancer for THREE YEARS prior to his death. It really speaks to his dedication to his craft that he worked on both Addam's family movies while battling cancer behind closed doors. What an absolute legend.
Also ,like many other actors who died before their time, he left quite a mark on movie history and both the movies starring him as the head of the titular Addams Family prove it.
*To this day* his version of Gomez and the rest of the family are considered the *gold standard* on how to adapt the characters.
And the most wholesome part is that, while the possibility of replacing him was apparently penned due to Values making as much money as the original, the entire rest of the cast outright *refused* to reprise their roles without Raul Julia.
So the love that the family has for each other ended up being passed along to the actors.
All this proves that he didn't just play Gomez, he *was* Gomez.
18:56 what Gary and Becky forgot to take into account is that while the movies are upbeat and happy, some of them also had heroines that rebel against what's expected of them and Wednesday, Pugsley and Joel got the message loud and clear. Ironically the movies did work, just a little too well.
21:58 "We Gladly Feast On Those Who Would Subdue Us"
27:13 Never question Wednesday.
This may sound WILD, but as a kid I connected to the Wednesday character so much that I wrote to Christina Ricci. She sent me back a signed autograph of her pic 😂
Quote of the Day: “All that I could forgive but Debbie…pastels?”
Oh yay! So glad you guys reacted to this, can't wait! This one will always be my favourite just for the marvellous Joan Cusack (FYI she's the sister of John Cusack who voiced Dimitri in Anastasia. He's an awesome actor too!) :)
And isn't Joan Cusack Jessie's voice actress from the Toy Story movies?
@@chloejoyhenry3137 Yup!
And John Cusack was Gordie's dead brother in *Stand by Me.*
Also as the principal in School Of Rock
The Thanksgiving Play is the best example of revisionist history I’ve seen in cinema lol
Joan Cusack (Debbie) is a very famous actress. She voices Jessie in Toy Story, one of her 1st cameos is in 16 Candles as nerd girl and she's hilarious, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Joan is a national treasure
I LOVE the second one, this made me realise that I was Wednesday of my family 😂 also the Debbie was a good add in member in this movie. I always loved how she never phase at the absurdity of Adams and poor Fester being played with again. The family drama is so great. The only disturbing thing is the beginning which I only saw through your reaction.
When my dad and I went to see this in the theater, the Eat Me song had us hyperventilating with convulsive laughter for like 5 minutes straight. That phrase maybe doest play the way it used to but it was kind of a dirty double entendre and having Pugsly sing it in a Turkey costume broke our brains.
After watching the first Addams Family movie, I quote the Homicidal Maniac line whenever a costume is mentioned lol
Christine Baranski was so funny and low-key unhinged as Becky Martin Granger lol
I think it was originally planned to show more Morticia and Gomez, but Raul Julia (Gomez) was terminally ill with cancer during filming (it was either stomach or pancreatic, I don’t remember which) and their schedule was probably lessoned as a result. There are interviews out there with Angelica Houston (Morticia) where she talks about filming this movie with him, and she said it was the most heartbreaking thing she’d ever been a part of, because she both admired his professionalism and felt like she was literally watching him fall apart. I don’t remember if they offered to recast him and he refused, but he was determined to see this film through because he loved the part of Gomez so much. She said he was one of her favorite costars she’d ever worked with.
I also find it really tragic that Debbie didn’t truly understand what she’d stumbled in to. This family absolutely not only would have accepted her, but would have also even overlooked (or in some cases encouraged) her constant attempts to off Fester. In another world, it would have probably made them as kinky as Morticia and Gomez if she had just embraced it. And I don’t really think there is a chance the Addams family money would ever run out, so she basically struck pure black gold and threw it away.
Joan Cusack was comedy genius in this movie. Every move every line know one else could of played Debbie the scene of her practicing telling her story of Fester death to the police and not being able to hold her laugh. 😂
Okay, a couple of things I love about the newest edition of this family, Pubert- the little guy is mustachioed, and he has a few tricks up his sleeve(shooting a flaming arrow, catching the blade part of the gulliottine, etc.).
And he’s actually played by twin girls
9:26 I love how they wanted to kill that baby but after someone messes with him, Wednesday is protective big sister ❤
“If anyone’s gonna torture that baby, it’s gonna be me”
Please note also:
"Wednesday" is a new series premiering on Netflix on November 23, 2022. It's been created by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Tim Burton, starring Jenna Ortega as the titular character, with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, and Gwendoline Christie appearing in supporting roles.
Christina Ricci, the original film Wednesday Addams, will be making an appearance as a different character.
I know!!!!We are gonna watch it I think!!
There is also "The Addams Family Musical" Especially the version with Nathan Lane as Gomez
Bad news...The netflix version is so ooc.
Addams Family Values is imo better than the first. Debbie is ICONIC.
My favorite scene in this movie is when Wednesday plays the lifeguard and Amanda plays the drowning victim. As soon as Amanda says "I'll be the victim!" Wednesday says "All you life". Then she jumps in the water and Wednesday just stands there and says "I can't swim". So funny and dark it makes me laugh so hard.
OMG that cat in the box! They're trying Shrodinger's theory lol
I like how they kept a lot of the characters from the first movie, even the minor ones. Amanda, the lead in the play, was the Girl Scout selling cookies from the first movie.
She was also on the plane at the end that Pubert passed by. Her parents just pulled down the window shade- apparent they had enough after the camp play. :)
Joan Cusack is Debbie’s actress and she is in a lot! My first film watching her was as the mom in Ice Princess. Oh and Gilbert- the boy that’s into Wednesday played Bernard in Santa Clause.
Christina Ricci pulling that smile and it actually looking painful. Fabulous actress and the outcasts taking over the play perfection!
For an improv class I had I remember we had one time where we switched it up and had a scripted monologue to remember, and the goal was to build upon it with improvisation so much we embodied the character. My monologue was Wednesday’s scene for the play. It was quite ironic seeing as she herself did the same thing. I spent weeks dressing and acting like her to try and get into her mindset, and ngl I blacked out during the whole scene. I remember none of it, but once I was done my friend came up to me and said I scared her so I guess I succeeded in embodying her 😂 An honor playing her either way, to this day that’s one of my favorite scenes in film of all time.
If Debbie was not so crazy she would have fit right in with the Addams family
The problem wasn't that she was crazy; any self-respecting Addams could match her insanity.
The problem was that she didn't love anyone but herself, while the Addamses always love each other.
The joke about the bald eagle being extinct doesn't land as well these days. Back in the 90's the American Bald Eagle was on the endangered species list, but it has since repopulated enough to come off.
The blonde little girl that's a snob is the actress Mercedes McNab who played the character Harmomy on the TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel.
I love this “ All your life”
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Wednesday’s smile is everything 😁😁😁
To be honest I've seen this movie so many times and have never questioned why they were doing a Thanksgiving play at summer camp!
23:40 And just like her parents, Wednesday has her own perfect Italian-French romance
Debbie is played by Jessie from the Toy Story movies 🙂
RIP Raul Julia. Would have loved more movies with him as Gomez :(
Yes, this movie is absolut gold, it ramps up from the first one to 100. Love this series
Alredy commented but I got some fun facts I wanted to point out just in case:
1. Part of the reason why the romance between Gomez and Morticia was so palpable in this adaptation was because Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston apparently legitimately fell in love over the course of working on these movies
2. Debbie probably would have fit right in with the rest of the family. Even being completely insane and greedy, the thing that made her an enemy in their eyes was the fact that she was *completely selfish* and didn't care about anyone else, not even family.
3. As you probably noticed, Mercedes McNab's girl scout character made a return from the previous movie to this one as a minor, but hillarious, antagonist
4. After this there was a straight to DVD movie which, while it starred Tim Curry who was admittebly a fantastic choice to play Gomez, wasn't very good.
Carel Struycken (Lurch) was the only member of the original cast of the 1991 and 1993 movies reprise his role. But that's about the only impressive thing about it
5. There is a new series starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday coming this November. Jury is still out on whrther it will be good, but it seems that they will be keeping in line with the 90's films' style, just with a modern polish
I can’t believe that was Mercedes McNab When she was young, the next time I saw her was in Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV Series when she played Harmony
1) Don't see how a gay Julia fell in love with a woman.
5) The trailer for the new series looks awful, and I can't believe they got Ortega as Gomez. Ortega himself is great, but not for this role.
6) I recommend the adult wednesday comedy skits by Melissa Hunter.
I just binged all the 60's TV series Addams family episodes. I recommend watching those too!
Singing the Eat Me! Turkey song is a family tradition every Thanksgiving at my house. For the past 20 years 🤣🤣🤣
Love Joan Cuscack as Debbie, can’t believe she plays Jessie in Toy Story 🤗
Forget all the romance movies and rom-coms that's ever been created because no couple can compare to Gomez and Morticia's chemistry. Their devotion and love for each other is my relationship goal!
I didn't realize they changed the baby's room to light colors to make him feel comfortable. W parents
great review guys, after your reaction to the first one i was really looking forward to this second one. christina ricci is just insanely talented and perfect for her role. joan cusack (debbie) is in a lot of stuff and she can be kind of a chameleon.
thinking about her made me think about a rarely referenced movie called Toys (1992) that is really really entertaining but really weird. robin williams stars in it, as well as joan cusack, then the cast has michael gambon, LL Cool J, robin wright, jamie foxx in varying roles. looks like it wasn't rated too well but i remember liking it a lot as a kid. i'd do patreon just to watch your reaction to the full length movie just bc it's so weird. check it out!
the thanks giving play scene has me on the floor without fail no matter how often i watch this movie
"You have gone too far .. you've married Fester ... You've destroyed his spirit ... you've taken him from us ... All that i can forgive .. But Debbie! PASTELS !?"
Most Favorite delivery of a movie line, haven't related to a female character as much as Morticia and Wednesday both perfection and so much like myself in many ways also ofcourse the male characters Gomez and Fester exceptional , and last but not least Debbie Pastel lol one of the best female villains ever made.
The first film I remember seeing Anjelica Huston was The Witches, which they remade in 2020 for HBO Max with Anne Hathaway.
My theory is when Gomez says "It's an Addams" is because the baby playing pubert, is actually played by two twin girls, not boys.
I lol as soon as I saw title. This is one of my all time favorites and I love that you guys reacted to this. It was already hilarious and then Joan Cusack came 😂
I loved both of these movies! I remember when the teaser trailer for the first film appeared, they did a gag straight out of Charles Addams comics that wasn't used in the actual movie where people are in a movie theater and an actress in the movie they are watching looks out into the audience and breaks the 4th wall with a scream causing the entire audience to turn around and look, and they gave us the first reveal of the family and the theme music started. The biggest difference between the films is that the first film used many jokes from the original comics, but the second movie was entirely new and original. Had Raul Julia (Gomez) not died unexpectedly of an illness a year after the second film released, there almost certainly would have been a third film with this cast. It's a sad irony that Raul Julia died so young, and John Astin, who played Gomez in the 1960s Addams Family television series, in his 90s is the only surviving adult cast member from that show.
The original (tv show) Uncle Fester was, as many may know, Jackie Coogan, who had been a HUGE child star in the days of silent movies -- I mean, Macaulay Culkin level. The law requiring parents of child actors to set aside a portion of their earnings to be held in trust for them until they reach adulthood was named for him.
My favorite line of Morticia is in that movie..."I'm just like any modern woman trying to have it all...loving husband...a family...it's just i wish i had more time to seek out the dark forces and join their hellish crusade...that's all" It's hilarious but also revealing of their relationships, Gomez wants to know whats wrong and how he can help her. It's part of the 11 good thing that couple do explained in the Cinema Therapy video which i highly recommends !!!
19:44 I love James' reaction to "President"
Wednesday and Pugsley would be great Children’s RUclipsrs with their own Livestream Playtime.
Fun fact about the Addems Family, in the original TV show their interior was pink... But due to black/white screens it was only released through photos.
Yes, Morticia giving Debbie props but condemning pastels, lives rent free in my head. Love this movie, they’re all a treat.
Fun Fact: the main camper girl, Amanda, is the same girl from the first movie who tried to sell Wednesday and Pugsley girl scout cookies
While they weren't extinct, bald eagles were on the endangered species list in the early 90s
For those, who watched the original show and sees how Debbie is trying to kill Fester with electricity and dynamite... Like, really?
My favorite of the 2 movies. Wednesday kills it!
I always thought it was interesting that when it came to the villains, they would fit in with the family. They would’ve been completely excepted and encouraged and some regards.
But the key thing is the villains in both movies tried to separate the family and that’s the one line for the Addams family that you don’t cross.
By far one of the best sequels that doesnt surpass or fall short of the original. Both movies are amazing .
Debbie truly fumbled the bag🤣🤣 if Fester wasn't her target, the Addams would love her
If you guys like the actress who played Wednesday, Christina Ricci, you can also see her in sleepy Hollow another great Halloween movie.
Angelica Huston had a constant eye light in this movie which is super difficult to achieve and she had a metal corset her performance is everything
debbie would have fit right in. the family supported her but she was just to selfish to be a Addams
That’s true!!!
@@whitenoisereacts also the cat in the hat joke. When she say oh no he survied. Thats actully a super dark joke. Cos the author was suicidal when he wrote that book so when she see it has a ending she kowns he didnt kill him self. Thats why she was reading that book in the hopes to turn him back
"....pastels?" and "MALIBU BARBIE" live rent free on my head
Christina Ricci plays Wednesday and is just a fabulous actress even to this day. She does indie stuff mostly, but I recommend anything she does.
Fun Fact: In the cartoons, Fester was Gomez’s Uncle, not his brother.
christina ricci is a great actress. shes been in a lot of things. debbie was played by joan cusack. you might know her brother, john cusack. joan is a pleasure every time shes on the screen. her characters are always so funny and unique. i think my favorite is her in grosse point blank, with her brother. that is a great movie if you havent seen it. they were also together in martian child, thoughshe had a smaller and less fun role in that.
Fun Fact: The baby was played by twin girls, Kristen and Kaitlyn Hooper.
And his coos and giggles are dubbed by the woman who voiced Angelica on _Rugrats_
This movie forever changed the way I see Joan Cusack. And I think Moticia's eye light is an image to the 1920-ish movies.
One of the best sequels and funniest films ever!
Wednesday said she would scare her husband to death. And he has asthma so I feel when she grabbed his arm from the grave that’s what she meant. She wants him to be her husband
I love Wednesday as well. I hope the new Netflix show about her does her character justice!
I HAVE A PRESENTATION AT 10 AM (it’s 1am rn) IM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOUR REACTION AFTER IM DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION ITS LIKE A REWARD THANK YOU
This is one of Joan Cusack's best roles! She is absolutely brilliant!
The Netflix series feels like a hard sell, because this for me will always be peak Wednesday. Christina Ricci chews the scenery with almost every line. If I had to choose a highlight, "I'll be the victim"/"All your life" still makes me cackle.
The new Wednesday's dialogue feels too "lets fit all the edgy punchlines we can have" but she does deliver the character well. Its saddening tho because I think the chemistry of the Addams family and what makes them is non-existent with the show.
These movies are always my go to when October hits uwu ✨ they're so perfect 🤌🏼
That's one of those movies I would watch a thousand times. It's just fun everytime!
I always really loved this movie. More Wednesday, and I found that Debbie was actually both a really great villain and a really great Addams. She's the sort of person that would have fit into the family perfectly, if only she didn't break the cardinal rule of the Addams. Loyalty to Family.
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What we all said when we saw the Mike Myers version of The Cat In The Hat!
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