Addams Family Reunion

Addams Family Reunion
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Directed by	Dave Payne
Written by	Rob Kerchner Scott Sandin
Based on	The Addams Family by Charles Addams
Produced by	Mike Elliott
Starring	Daryl Hannah Tim Curry
Cinematography	Christian Sebaldt
Edited by	J. J. Jackson
Music by	Amotz Plessner
Production company	Saban Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	September 22, 1998 (1998-09-22)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Addams Family Reunion is a 1998 American comedy film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist Charles Addams. It is the sequel to The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). Directed by Dave Payne, the film was intended to serve as a pilot for a new proposed television series produced by Saban. The film stars Daryl Hannah and Tim Curry as Morticia and Gomez Addams respectively while Carel Struycken and Christopher Hart's hand are the only ones to reprise their roles from the last two films. The film's plot focused on the eccentric, macabre aristocratic Addams family mistakenly arriving at the wrong family reunion and encountering a man (Ed Begley Jr.) who seeks to commit murder in order to inherit a fortune.

Payne had intended to give the film a dark, edgy tone, but Saban had interfered with the development, insisting that the story be aimed solely at entertaining children, and lack much of the black comedy and satire of the previous films. Saban also wanted Payne to imitate aspects of Paramount Pictures' popular 1991–93 duo of films, and the 1964 TV series, and rejected any original idea developed by Payne and the film's screenwriters. As a result, the film was poorly received by critics, who criticized the film's screenplay, special effects, production design, and much of its acting, while singling out Tim Curry's performance for praise, calling Curry the best part of the film.