Editing Addams Family Values (section)

===Critical response===
{{quote box|quote=I'm of the firm belief that the Addams Family are the most loving, caring and connected family that has ever graced the silver screen. They are wildly devoted to each other, show an interest in what the others are doing and spend tons of quality time together. In all honesty, there's quite a bit to be jealous [of] when watching them.|source=Jonathan Barkan, ''[[Bloody Disgusting]]'', 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3340010/addams-family-member/|title=Which Addams Family Member Are You?|first=Jonathan|last=Barkan|work=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|publisher=The Collective|date=April 14, 2015|access-date=February 3, 2017|archive-date=May 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501175159/http://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3340010/addams-family-member/|url-status=live}}</ref>|width=30%}}
''Addams Family Values'' was well received, garnering significantly better reviews than the first film.<ref name="DenOfGeek">{{cite web | last = Brew | first = Simon | date = November 22, 2019 | url = http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/addams-family/32261/the-huge-behind-the-scenes-problems-on-the-addams-family | title = How 1991's The Addams Family Nearly Got Derailed | work = [[Den of Geek]] | access-date = April 2, 2018 | archive-date = January 14, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200114180620/http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/addams-family/32261/the-huge-behind-the-scenes-problems-on-the-addams-family | url-status = live}}</ref> On review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film received an approval rating of 75% based on 114 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "New, well-developed characters add dimension to this batty satire, creating a comedy much more substantial than the original".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/addams_family_values/ |title=Addams Family Values (1993) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207193306/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/addams_family_values |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Let's Have a Hand for 'Addams Family Values' |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date= November 19, 1993 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-19-ca-58356-story.html |access-date= August 24, 2010 |first= Peter |last= Rainer |archive-date= October 26, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121026113332/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-19/entertainment/ca-58356_1_addams-family-values |url-status= live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/addams-family-values |title=Addams Family Values Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=June 18, 2022 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701113720/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/addams-family-values |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, a grade up from the "B" earned by the previous film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|title=Cinemascore :: Movie Title Search|website=www.cinemascore.com|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wondered if "the making of this sequel was sheer drudgery for all concerned", then answered herself by writing: "There's simply too much glee on the screen, thanks to a cast and visual conception that were perfect in the first place and a screenplay by Paul Rudnick that specializes in delightfully arch, subversive humor".<ref>{{cite news |title=Review/Film; The Addams Family's New Addition |first=Janet |last=Maslin |author-link=Janet Maslin |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 19, 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/movies/review-film-the-addams-family-s-new-addition.html |access-date=January 3, 2021 |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925141317/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/movies/review-film-the-addams-family-s-new-addition.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Leonard Klady of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was slightly less enthusiastic than Maslin: "It remains perilously slim in the story department, but glides over the thin ice with technical razzle-dazzle and an exceptionally winning cast".<ref>{{cite news |url= https://variety.com/1993/film/reviews/addams-family-values-1200434365/ |title=Addams Family Values |first=Leonard |last=Klady |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=November 13, 1993 |access-date=January 1, 2021}}</ref> [[Richard Schickel]], writing for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', was even less enthusiastic than Klady, calling the film "an essentially lazy movie, too often settling for easy gags and special effects that don't come to any really funny point".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979692-2,00.html |title=Looking for Mr. Goodfather |first=Richard |last=Schickel |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=November 29, 1993 |access-date=November 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104080444/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C979692-2%2C00.html |archive-date=November 4, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Both [[Gene Siskel]] and [[Roger Ebert]] had disliked the first film. Siskel gave ''Addams Family Values'' a mixed review and accused Sonnenfeld of caring more about how the film looks than how the jokes play. Ebert, however, gave the film three stars out of four and thought that, unusually for a sequel, it improved upon its predecessor. He enjoyed the various subplots and recommended the film.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Addams Family Values |series=[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Siskel & Ebert]] |date=November 20, 1993 |season=8 |number=11 |url=https://siskelebert.org/?p=4942 |access-date=May 18, 2023 |archive-date=May 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518023759/https://siskelebert.org/?p=4942 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | date = November 19, 1993 | first = Roger | last = Ebert | author-link = Roger Ebert | title = Addams Family Values | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/addams-family-values-1993 | quote = It's the rare sequel that is better than its original | access-date = November 27, 2018 | archive-date = December 8, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171208055059/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/addams-family-values-1993 | url-status = live}}</ref>