The Addams Family 2 (2021)

The Addams Family 2

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Bron Creative/Cinesite Studios/Nitrogen Studios/The Jackal Group/Glickmania

United Artists Releasing/Universal Pictures

Release date: 10/01/2021

My Rating: 5/10

#whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 50%

Genres

Animation, Family, Action, Adventure

Directed by

Greg Tiernan, Conrad Vernon

Screenplay by

Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit, Ben Queen, Susanna Fogel

Story by

Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit

Based on

Characters by Charles Addams

Produced by

Gail Berman, Conrad Vernon, Danielle Sterling, Alison O'Brien

Starring

Oscar Isaac as Gomez Addams

Charlize Theron as Morticia Addams

Chloë Grace Moretz as Wednesday Addams

Nick Kroll as Uncle Fester

Javon Walton as Pugsley Addams

Bette Midler as Grandmama Addams

Conrad Vernon as Lurch

Snoop Dogg as Cousin Itt

Bill Hader as Cyrus Strange

Wallace Shawn as Mr. Mustela

Brian Sommer as Big Bad Ronny

Ted Evans as Pongo

Cherami Leigh as Ophelia

Edited by

Ryan Folsey

Music by

Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna

Charlize Theron discusses her character Morticia

“When you first see Morticia, you can have pretty conceived ideas about who she might be, but deep down inside she's just a great mom who loves her family deeply and makes raising her kids and being the matriarch of the family her priority. The thing I love the most about her is that she's so unapologetic for the way she stands up for her kids while also standing up for the weirdness and the kind of dark — not what people consider normal or warm and fuzzy.”

Oscar Isaac discusses his character Gomez

“Gomez is a character that I've loved for such a long time, just as a fan reading Charles Addams's comics. Raul Julia is one of my biggest inspirations and seeing what he did with that character, I felt so honoured and lucky to get a chance to put my spin on it.”

Chloë Grace Moretz discusses her character Wednesday

“Wednesday is of course an angsty teenager; I think that goes without saying. But in this one, we really see her start to question where she fits into this family, and ultimately she feels different. So she starts to go on a path of self-discovery.”

Nick Kroll discusses his character Fester

“Fester like myself is going through a physical transformation. I'm just getting older. But in this case, Fester is going through a physical transformation. He’s becoming an octopus, I guess is the easiest way to say it. You could argue that he had watched the documentary My Octopus Teacher. But he has not watched that documentary. His body is slowly transforming and morphing into an octopus.”