The very first movie I worked on! I was in the lighting dept. And yes, these were all made in one block of 1997/98: Caspar was shot first, then this, then Richie Rich, then Men in White (an MiB spoof). “Thrifty” is the Saban way; you can see the foyer set (7:30 & 27:22 - the stairs, checkerboard landing, front door, and porch "exterior") redressed in all those productions, and we had to build smaller sets inside that one to save space. The top of the foyer stairs was a false nook and a good hideaway at lunch or if hungover 😉 You lampoon the cover but it’s proportional to real life. Tim Curry was quite short and Carel Struycken was staggeringly tall. That’s the gag of course but several shots had Mr. Curry standing on an apple box so the height difference didn’t make shot composition TOO ridiculous. The pool scene stands out as my favorite to work on, and Mr. Struycken really enjoyed lounging about in the water, until the sun went down 😂 then we needed to blast the area in lights to recreate daytime. No actor likes too many lights on them and, since it was January, the pool got cold. Even pools in Pasadena get cold at night! Tim Curry was wonderful to watch, by the way. Alone of the cast, he was given free rein to improvise. He didn’t do it much but when he did, it killed. I’ve never actually watched these movies (who watched the Family Channel back then?!) but I hope some of his riffs made it here.

Fun fact: the kid who plays Pugsley here will go on to become the M'Lady guy.

Gomez playing the Jurassic Park Melodica Cover is just _

For the longest time, I always thought the girl who played Wednesday Addams in this movie was the same girl who played that forensics girl Abby from NCIS.

I fell asleep while watching this movie as a kid. I dreamt a much more thrilling plotline involving a murder mystery that Wednesday and Pugsley either solved or caused.

That Turtles 3 joke is made much more wholesome if you see it as Donny realizing he started a joke without a punchline prepared. So when he says the first thing that pops in his head and beefs the delivery, Ralph and Mikey, without any prompting, decide to back him up because they’re good brothers.

"Boyz 2 Wiggles" got me way too hard.

It was hard for Tim Curry to outshine Raul Julia as Gomez Addams, but he did a pretty good job.

Honestly seeing how both Allison as well as Phelous treat such things as lofty goals as well as realistic end results gives my wife and I hope! The Addams family may have had diminishing returns but the banter between Allison and You makes up for it, Phelan! 😊

Hanging out with the Adams' Family 🎶 Having ourselves a paaaartey

I could see why they went with Tim Curry for this role. Raul Julia's performances in the two prior Addams movies didn't really come off as "I'm a PR guy playing a man named Gomez" so much as his Gomez feeling like a swarthy European, which is something Tim can do- at least when he's not taking Communism into the one place that hasn't been corrupted by Capitalism; Space!

the Addams go to the reunion and Grandma says"Meet your Great-Aunt Rita she's been on the moon for 10 thousand years!" Rita says "It's nice to have a holiday from battling those power rangers but this red wine is giving me such a headache!"

The best Fester cutaway was when he summoned the Dragonzord by blowing into the hair-eating dog.

The best part is the beginning when it’s just the same actors from the movie playing Lurch and Thing and for a second it feels like a long lost Addams Family 3 we never got but then the rest of the movie happens and ruins it.

Ok unrelated but you two bounce off of each other so well, its so cute seeing you make each other laugh 😊

I thought I imagined this movie, or was misremembering parts from the other two. Then you showed the guys singing the intro and I definitely remember that. We must have rented the VHS once at Blockbuster lmao.

Watching Allison and Phelous reviewing SABAN'S Addams Family Reunion is never a big mistake.

For some reason that little "YTP" editing of Gomez at 4:25 made me laugh really hard, it just came out of nowhere, lol.

To be fair, the Late Green Ranger JDF said in an interview about Haim Saban during the MMPR years.. "(he) was really cheap." I mean Even his green ranger Dragon armor was cloth during the non-stock footage scenes, Haim wouldn't shell out the $ to have the Sentai Studio to craft a replica for JDF. (Even though They had the $$ to hire the Sentai studio to make new fight scenes with the Tiger, Ninja, and Shogun ultrazords using Titanus instead of Tor.)

Frankly if they'd kept Christopher Lloyd or Anjelica Houston, it would've made the change in the rest of the cast all the more stark.

I love Allison's shirt! Little ghost is so cute

Sadly, I think Tim Curry did a far better job in Home Alone 2 & Congo than this movie. Thankfully he was able to voice Nigel Thornberry in just a few years.

If I'm not mistaken, this was supposed to be a direct sequel to The Addams Family Values, but like you mentioned, the original movie cast didn't want to do this movie without Raul Julia. So, they decided to do the movie anyway with a new cast. But, I wasn't aware of the movie being a sort of pilot to the Fox Kids show. Part of that is because I saw the show first in the late 90s the movie years later on Fox Family in the early 2000s. I didn't even realize that Wednesday was played by the same person in both of those. Anyway, this movie bored me to tears, but Tim Curry was the only enjoyable thing about it.

No wonder Boothby was such a curmudgeon after being in this movie. At least Fester's stupid were-dog explains what happened to Picard's hair.

I think the man with the glasses who was playing tennis with gomez was actually on better call saul. I think he played the lawyer from mesa verde.

Tim Curry always put his best in everything he does, even if the material is not good. (See the IT miniseries (1990) and beauty and the beast enchanted Christmas

Looks like the actor playing Fester was trying to channel Curly from The Three Stooges. But still not done well.

I get upset every time I remember this movie exists. 😂 Seriously, I feel the immediate need to rewatch the earlier movies just to be sure I ever liked the Addams Family.

There y’all are! I was missing my “Phelan and Allison good show fun time!” 🍻❤️🤘

I remember seeing this VHS at my store all the time but never rented it. Even as a child this looked cheap. But I enjoyed the TV show somewhat.

The view counts may be discouraging, but believe me, these reviews are gold

I don't know if Phelan is doing most of the editing, but kudos to whoever is.

Oooh I’m stoked

I used to see a commercial for this all the time on a Scooby Doo tape and the trailer made this movie look awesome.

I had no idea that low-budget movies could get direct to laser disk.

If only the Next Mutant Ninja Turtles showed up in the New Addams Family show.

13:45 No Pugsley is not a thankless role. Pugsley is goated. He built a disintegrator ray in the original. He was Dexter before Dexter.

I'd love for there to be an episode by episode recap of the New Addams Family, similar to what you've done with series in the past (Konquest, Next Mutation, etc)

A cheap, straight to video cash-grab wasn't a very good movie? I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!

The New Addams Family came on before Big Wolf on Campus and that was my life as a kid on Saturday mornings.

The way me, my sister, and my cousin watched THE HELL out of the video store rental copy of this film was reawakened when I saw this video on my feed. Your commentary on this film made me laugh SO HARD. Like, this movie is so awful and so good at the same time?? I still hold this movie fondly in my heart as much as the 2 OG theatrical releases.

that dog CGI is the hardest I've ever laughed at anything Addams Family-related

I'm glad you two watched it so i never feel the temptation to do so myself.😂

I'll admit, The New Addams Family is a bit nostalgic to me because it was the first Addams Family I ever really saw other than a vague memory of the second cartoon and knowing the famous theme song. As a kid I had no idea the 60s sitcom had been a thing and just assumed the cartoon I'd once seen was the original Addams Family. The deranged mambo theme song from TNAF lives rent-free in my brain too. 🎶 POOW! Cha-cha-cha! SNAP SNAP! Never saw this movie though.

Oh yeah, new Phelous video. Today's a good day.

Yeah, this is the perfect birthday gift, your delightful nuttiness is most welcome!

24:42 Jurassic Park on Harmonica ?

I remember seeing this VHS at the rental place as a kid and thinking "Oh! I didn't know there was a new movie! I like Addams Family, I like Tim Curry!" But never actually got it. Bullet dodged.

Why when Gomez was in jail playing the harmonica was he playing the theme from Jurassic Park?!

Maybe Gomez paid for the Addams' family reunion, while Boothby paid for the Adams' family reunion and no one put two-and-two together?

If you want something actually good that stars both Ed Begley Jr. and Tim Curry, I strongly recommend the Tales From The Crypt episode "Death of Some Salesman." It's awesome.

To be fair at least this is better than Addams Family 2 Road Trip Movie from 2021

To be fair to Tim Curry, I'm sure being some character in Monk was still a better career choice than the worst Gomez Addams who doesn't even get material to work it and Garfield: A tale of two kitties

This movie was sadly the first Addams Family movie I saw when I was a kid. I didn’t see the first two movies until much later in life because I didn’t even know of their existence.

I know I've seen this movie; I know I own the VHS (for some reason), and yet, watching this I found that the ONLY thing I remembered about this was "that made for TV movie with Tim Curry as Gomez". Also, how could they not have a bit with the hair eating dog meeting cousin Itt? It seems like such an obvious set up, though I'm not sure what you could do with it since you can't show under Itt's hair. Maybe a bit where they find the dog and Itt's hat together and think the dog ate all of Itt, then some payoff with finding Itt later?

Well, remember, Saban made a ton of money off of Power Rangers, and established early that they'd be using non-union actors, so they could pay non-union pay scale. Which is why there have been so many "Teams" of Power Rangers. Original Power Rangers: "Could we get more then $600 a week, please? You're making Milliions." Saban Executives: "You're Fired. Can we come up with an excuse why the left in the Show?" Saban Writers: "How about they left for College?" Saban Executives: "Works for me."

0:10 What did the theme song just call me?!

I've been waiting for Addams Family Mistake since Thanksgiving. I thought this was going to be a Christmas release.

Remember Mortal Comedy, I do that shyt was funny. Loved the efforts over the years. Thank you for the memories

Lol some donated this movie at the Goodwill i work at.

I hate how similar this movie’s title is to Family Values. I keep getting mad that people seem to be dissing one of the best AF adaptations ever only to double-check and go “Oh”.

The thing is, you can do the whole "movie is essentially a remake of the first movie," Addam's Family->Addam's Family Values is like Evil Dead->Evil Dead 2. This is like one of those Italian knock-off sequels that's called "Evil Dead 5" in Italy and "Zombie Deadfest" in English-speaking countries.

On the plus side, I can sit this movie through. It's not good, but mildly entertaining on a tv-level.

This is iiiiiit - the one we've been waiting for!

Hello again 🙂 it’s always fun to learn about stuff I’ve never seen because of limited release 😅

Saban: Ruining beloved childhoods due to greed since the late 90s.

I watched this ages ago as a kid during my Addams Family hyperfixation phase and I dont think I finished it, even in the throes of of me consuming EVERYTHING Addams. I wonder if Tim Curry was trying to do sort of a Moira Rose in Schitts Creek- ie someone with a weird mix of several accents. But Moira makes it work because its never really entirely identifiable as anything. Curry in this is just a bit random. And PS- Yes, the morticia in new addams family was baffling.

Please, do Halloween With The New Addams Family, I watched it last year and it was so bizarre.

It almost sounds like the "grandparents turn normal" bit was designed with the assumption they'd have the original Gomez (or at least, a recognizable former Gomez) back. Maybe a Morticia, too? Then the joke would be you're watching these original actors playing normal people instead of Addams? But then they didn't get any of them back and went with the bit anyway. Which falls completely flat.

The first film had the The Mamushka, this one had "HOOOOO"

I haven’t seen this film since I was 10 years old and now since seeing this review it’s all creeping back to me from a big man from Brighton England.

if you can watch the og serie , you should. its very good!

I had no idea this existed 😮looks pretty decent. You gotta remember back in the 90’s you didn’t have streaming 😂I was happy to see anything that wasn’t a rerun of Good Times or Family Ties

The character Philip has to be very, very incredibly strong to lift and carry Gomez up over his head like that at the dinner scene. Seriously is nobody gonna talk about how incredibly strong he is?

Oh god! I'm having flashbacks to when this film was ALWAYS on Sky Pretty sure it showed up on Cartoon Network (or Fox Kids. I can't remember) every Sunday and every other day during the summer holidays! Okay, it wasn't on that much but they showed this film on Sky TV when I was in my late teens, before I headed off to university. Only decent part about this film was Tim Curry although there were some cute lines. Walter Adams: "You look like you've been to Hell and back!" Morticia (flattered): "Oh, you're just saying that." And banging Lurch's grave to the Addams Family theme tune was cute too.

This film must have been seriously buried because for the longest time I didn't realize it even existed. I might have heard it mentioned offhand once and I assumed they were talking about Addams Family Values, because even though I saw Values on TV a lot as a kid, I didn't know what it was actually called.

Much like Bruno we don't talk about Addams Family Reunion.

I prolly have tons of repressed memories, but I will never forget how this movie hurt me as a child.

Do you think they confused Fester with Curly Howard?

On the upside we never had Addams Family meets the Next Mutation

Ah, I liked the The New Addams Family show. Was a teen when it was on fox kids. It wasn't bad, but I appreciate it. I also loved this Wednesday actress the most in the role, but since my first Addams Family connection was the second cartoon on Cartoon Network I always hated making Pugsley into a scared and meak boy when the one from the cartoon was a crazy masochist.

The Thing thats always comes to my mind about this movie, the Crap piece of Resistance, is the bad CGI Monster Dog, a very crappy effect

When I was younger I watched the hell outta this movie. And then when I never saw this movie again I thought maybe I imagined it.

I remember a trailer for this and those other DTV movies on a vhs release of a Scooby-doo movie I had. Zombie Island I believe

They used to show this movie back in the day on TV, especially on Saturday afternoon. They used to show A LOT of crappy 90's Disney live action TV-movies on Saturday afternoon on Channel 3 here in Sweden. In a really weird way I kinda miss it.

Was this worth the $1 it cost me at Goodwill? I’m still not sure.

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 🎭 Adams *Family Reunion Concept: The video discusses the concept of "Adams Family Reunion," a TV movie by Saban, which was meant to be a pilot for a series but deviated from its original idea.* 🤔 Lack *of Continuity: The lack of continuity in the movie is highlighted, with jokes and plot points feeling disconnected and poorly executed compared to the previous Adams Family iterations.* 🎥 Inspirations *from Previous Movies: The movie is criticized for attempting to copy elements from the 60s series and the theatrical Adams Family movies but failing to deliver a quality production.* 💰 Saban's *Thrifty Approach: Saban's thrifty approach to filmmaking is mentioned, emphasizing how it influenced the casting choices, rejected ideas, and overall quality of the production.* 🌐 Mismatched *Adams Family Reunion: The plot involves a mix-up where the Adams Family attends a reunion meant for a different family named Adams, leading to a series of poorly executed jokes and conflicts.* 🎾 Tennis *Plot with Tim Curry: The review touches upon a subplot involving Tim Curry's character playing tennis, highlighting Curry's lack of tennis skills and the inconsistency in his accent throughout the movie.* 🚫 Lack *of Resolution: The video criticizes the film for introducing various plot points, such as Gomez's parents turning normal or Pugsley's love story, without providing satisfactory resolutions, leading to a disjointed narrative.* 🎬 Overall *Lack of Quality and Purpose: The review concludes by emphasizing the lack of purpose, humor, and quality in "Adams Family Reunion," ultimately deeming it a wasted opportunity with talented actors given poor material to work with.* 🏡 The *movie features a scene where a mailman is killed, a recurring theme in the Addams Family franchise.* 🎭 Wednesday *and Pugsley are oddly screened in during certain shots, possibly due to shooting constraints.* 🎞️ The *film includes questionable background shots, with a notable "nice [__] model" reference.* 📜 A *plot thread involving people going to the wrong Addams Family reunion leads to confusion and humor.* 🐶 Clint *Howard makes an appearance, showcasing a comedic subplot with a dog that eats hair.* 🚨 The *Addams Family gets arrested towards the end, leading to potential foster care for the kids.* 🃏 A *wager involving Ed Begley Jr. being the Addams' personal physician becomes a subplot.* 🎥 Despite *criticisms, the creators enjoyed the movie, highlighting its unconventional and repetitive elements.* Made with HARPA AI

Ты очень классный!!!!!!! Обожаю тебя!!!!!!!

This movie finally shows use gomez father and mother. Which means tells use who granny is.

I just realized the woman from the other Adams family played Sister Beech in the Nick Cage "Wicker Man". I don't have a joke for this, I'm just reminded of a better bad movie

Fester acts like Curly from the Three Stooges

Why can't the ending be when the Great-Grandparents came back to the Addams house and they turn back to their old selves after surviving the explosion since it turns to be the cure for the whartzimers?

The lady that played Divatox in Power Rangers Turbo was also in this movie.

Tim Curry on paper sounds like the best man for the job yet no one can out shines Raul Julia as Gomez although I will say he is the one bright spot for this film but you can tell he is just barely giving a effort

I had seen that version of fester before but had no idea it was from this! I'm... more horrified now knowing that he was in more things also phelan is looking quite dapper!

I’ve never heard about this movie until 2019 and man I love Tim Curry (and he did the best job he could) but he’s no Raul Julia and Daryl Hannah is one of the biggest miscasting I know of

Say what you will about the film, but Tim curry as Gomez is inspired casting 😁👌

22:47 I immediately think of Civvie 11’s videos with that line. XD

I had the dishonor of running into this one on daytime television. I watched a good fifteen minutes of it. By good, I mean it's good I only wasted 15 minutes of my time with it. It's pretty obvious what I thought of it... buuhhh....

I forgot this film excited.