Customer Reviews
Two shows to watch over and over! 
2008-11-11
I saw both of these movies in the theater, and bought them on VHS. I have no idea why it has taken me this long to replace them on DVD. Having both shows in one is BRILLIANT! It saves shelf space, and
watching one makes you want to watch the other. These movies gave
my entire family great pleasure, especially since we watched at Halloween.
My six year old niece is easliy frightened, so these movies were good
to toughen her for scarier fare. There are some ghoulish elements, but
everything is so funny that they don't seem scary. The casting in these films is flawless. It is a shame Raul Julia passed away before they could make a third film.
Great value - and great entertainment! 2008-11-04
Great value - two films on one disc. Great entertainment - bought in time for Halloween but great at any time. My 6-year old loved them especially the sequel due to the baby scenes - but they are loaded with one-liners for older viewers as well. Highly recommended.
These have aged well 2008-09-15
When these came out over 15 years ago they were very much mainstream events that seemed a bit over-hyped, and perhaps not as funny as you hoped. But either the world has changed, or surely I have, because they now seem witty and utterly hilarious. Perhaps I was looking for a goth-fest in the manner of Tim Burton at the time, but when you accept and engage with these as black comedy spectacles, you will have the time of your life. It's amazing now to see Carol Kane, virtually unrecognizable as Morticia's mother, and Raul Julia in prime form. The charismatic performances of Christina Ricci are everlasting, not flashes in the pan. Anjelica Huston heats up the screen, whenever Christopher Lloyd isn't eating it. Big fun overall, and they make a perfect double-feature.
very good 2008-07-22
I am very satisfied with this transaction and the quality of the dvds is very good.
Love them; slightly dissapointed. 
2008-07-16
I love both movies although Family Values has a slightly better plot than Values. I do like Values better though. Both movies are highly recommended for watching and buying if you like funny "horror" movies. Horror in the sense that it is an atmospheric horror type movie without any actual gore, etc. on the screen. It's all implied and left up to the viewer's imagination. If you've seen the tv show, then expect more of that. Anjelica Houston is perfect as Morticia and Raul Julia is perfect as Gomez. The rest of the cast is excellent also in both movies.
Features:
Both movies are widescreen and on one dvd. Unless there are hidden easter eggs, the only special features on the dvd for both movies are the theatrical trailers for both movies--a total of 4 trailers on the dvd. Both movies have English subtitles only. The audio options are English 5.1 surround and English 2.0 surround. The dvd transfer looks fine. The dvd itself plays fine in my old, cranky player, which is rare since it usually has trouble playing discs because of the copyright protection on the discs I have.
Why I'm disappointed is that I expected more special features on the disc itself. I was surprised when I opened the disc and found both movies on one disc. If the lack of special features does not bother you (and it doesn't bother me a lot), then this set is the one you want since it a reasonable price for both movies. Recommended.
Adams Family Double Feature 2008-04-20
The addams family & addams family values on one disc Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/08/2006 Starring: Anjelica Huston Christopher Lloyd Run time: 193 minutes Rating: Pg13
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2008-01-07
the adams family is all right but the adams family values is lame painful to watch and not suitible for children
Addams family/ family values 2008-01-04
Two fine movies.
The children's play at camp is one of the funniest things I've seen.
3 stars for the Addams Family, 4 stars for the Addams Family Values 2007-11-26
~The Addams Family~
i would only rate this one 3 stars. Although the acting was great, the story's plot was weak. Fester Addams, having disappeared a long time ago, has returned to the Addams Family. Only it isn't really Fester Addams, it's an impostor trying to steal the Addams' fortune for his Mother. Well I won't go into too much detail because i'm sure you'll find a better description elsewhere, but basically the ending is very predictable and the outcome seems a bit lame. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed this movie and like to watch it every once in a while, but i think the Addams Family Values is better.
~The Addams Family Values~
The acting is just as good as it was in the Addams Family, but the storyline is a bit better. It's centered around Fester Addams again, which honestly i would prefer it not to be. Fester is by no means my favorite character, but thankfully Wednesday and Pugsley are also a center of attention here. After Morticia has her baby, Pubert(lmao), they hire a babysitter. the first few don't work out so well, but finally they find Debbie(Joan Cussack), a gold digger interested in Fester. Debbie convinces Morticia and Gomez that Wednesday and Pugsley want to go to summer camp, so that's where the two of them are for most of the movie, though we get to see them plenty. Wednesday finds her own little romance though, with another outcast (who's allergic to almost everything, so he says). It's very cute.
So anyway, I'd rate this 2-in-1 set 4 stars. By the way, i found this same set at Wal-Mart for only 9 dollars... I'm not a big walmart fan, but you might want to look there for this set before buying it here if you can.
good spooky fun... 2007-11-21
(This is a one disk set with both movies on the same disk). The movies are great, but the only thing that bothered me is, they are not in wide-screen format as promised in the advertisements. It even says it's supposed to be wide screen on the disk itself, but its not. But the movies are the same great movies...just have to get over the full-screen formatting.
The original Addams family movie is the return of Uncle Fester who lost at sea in the bermuda triangle and finds his way home with amnesia. Though the Addams are finally reunited they are separated again with the help of a greedy real-estate agent, lone shark, and less then friendly Judge. Forced out of the comfort of their mansion the Addams must learn to live with the outside world until Fester starts to remember life with his family and they band together to fight to get everything they had back to the way it was. Every Cast Member plays their roll wonderfully enough to make you forget they're not the original cast members to the TV show.
The Addams Family Values is a sequel to the first movie with the original cast members (family members anyway...new evil characters are introduced). It starts off with Mortisha giving birth to a baby boy. With the new baby in the house Mortisha and Gomes decide to hire a nanny (Joan Cusack) who turns out to be a demented murder that agrees to marry Fester and tries to tear him apart from his family to steal the Addams Family fortune.
