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{{Short description|1993 film by Barry Sonnenfeld}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Addams Family Values
| image          = Addams family values.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]
| writer         = [[Paul Rudnick]]
| producer       = [[Scott Rudin]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|[[The Addams Family|Characters]]|[[Charles Addams]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* [[Anjelica Huston]]
* [[Raul Julia]]
* [[Christopher Lloyd]]
* [[Joan Cusack]]
* [[Christina Ricci]]
* [[Carol Kane]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Donald Peterman]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]]
* [[Jim Miller (film editor)|Jim Miller]]
}}
| music          = [[Marc Shaiman]]
| studio         = [[Scott Rudin Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1993|11|19|United States}}
| runtime        = 94 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $47 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59447 |title=AFI Catalog - Addams Family Values |work=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519022725/http://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59447 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| gross          = $111 million<ref name=worldwide/>
}}

'''''Addams Family Values''''' is a 1993 American [[Supernatural fiction|supernatural]] [[black comedy]] film directed by [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] and written by [[Paul Rudnick]], based on the [[The Addams Family|characters]] created by [[Charles Addams]]. It is the sequel to ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (1991). The film features almost all the main cast members from the original film, including [[Anjelica Huston]], [[Raul Julia]], [[Christopher Lloyd]], [[Christina Ricci]], [[Carel Struycken]], [[Jimmy Workman]], and [[Christopher Hart (actor)|Christopher Hart]]. [[Joan Cusack]] and [[Carol Kane]] joined the cast for this film.

Compared to its predecessor, which retained something of the madcap approach of the [[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|1960s sitcom]], ''Addams Family Values'' is played more for very dark and [[macabre]] laughs.<ref>{{cite news | title=Charles Addams Might Grimace at This 'Family' | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=December 20, 1993 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-20-ca-3865-story.html | access-date=August 24, 2010 | first=David | last=Levy | archive-date=December 3, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203091458/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-12-20/entertainment/ca-3865_1_charles-addams | url-status=live }}</ref> The film revolves around the family's adjustments to the birth of new baby Pubert. Subplots include [[Uncle Fester]] marrying the new [[nanny]] Debbie Jellinsky, who is a serial killer intending to murder him for his inheritance; and teenagers [[Wednesday Addams|Wednesday]] and [[Pugsley Addams]] being sent to [[summer camp]].

The film was released by [[Paramount Pictures]] on November 19, 1993. In contrast to its predecessor's mixed reception, the film was well received by critics; however, it was not as financially successful, with a box office gross of $111 million against a budget of $47 million. In the decades since its release, the film has become acclaimed for its humor and performances. This would be Julia's final theatrical film released during his lifetime; he would appear posthumously in one more film, [[Street Fighter (1994 film)|''Street Fighter'']] (1994). The film was followed by another sequel, ''[[Addams Family Reunion]]''.

==Plot==
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[[Gomez Addams|Gomez]] and [[Morticia Addams]] have a baby, hiring the nanny Debbie Jellinsky to care for their newborn son Pubert. This is after a number of failed attempts by his siblings [[Wednesday Addams|Wednesday]] and [[Pugsley Addams|Pugsley]] to kill him, for which Gomez and Morticia gently rebuke them.

Unbeknownst to them, Debbie is a serial killer who marries and then murders rich [[bachelor]]s to [[Gold digger|collect their inheritances]]. After she seduces [[Uncle Fester]], Wednesday becomes suspicious of her intentions. To maintain her cover, Debbie tricks Gomez and Morticia into believing Wednesday and Pugsley want to go to [[summer camp]].

Wednesday and Pugsley are sent to Camp Chippewa, managed by the bubbly [[Camp counselor|counselor]]s Gary and Becky Granger. There, they are singled out by the campers, including popular and snobbish girl Amanda Buckman, for their [[macabre]] appearance and behavior. Joel Glicker, a nerdy [[bookworm]] and fellow outcast, becomes attracted to Wednesday. Debbie and Fester become engaged.

At her bachelorette party, Debbie is repulsed by the Addams family and their relatives. At their wedding, Fester passionately and with great emotion declares his everlasting devotion, while Debbie offers a lackluster response. On their [[honeymoon]], she tries unsuccessfully to kill Fester by throwing a [[boombox]] into the bathtub.

Frustrated, Debbie forces him to cut ties with his family; when they try to visit Fester and Debbie at their home, they are turned away. The Addamses are alarmed to find that Pubert has transformed into a [[blue-eyed]], rosy-cheeked and [[blond]]-haired baby. [[Grandmama (The Addams Family)|Grandmama]] attributes this to his disrupted family life, and Gomez becomes horribly depressed.

Back at Camp Chippewa, the counselors cast Wednesday as [[Pocahontas]] in Gary's [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] play, "A Turkey Named Brotherhood". When she refuses to participate, she, Pugsley, and Joel are all sent to the camp's "Harmony Hut" and forced to watch hours of wholesome family entertainment movies and television shows.

Afterwards, the three feign cheerfulness, and Wednesday agrees to take part. However, during the performance, she returns to being her true self. With help from Joel, Pugsley, and the other outcasts, they capture Amanda, Gary, and Becky by igniting the pilgrim set. Later, Wednesday and Joel share their first kiss before she leaves, with Joel staying behind to lead their friends to ensure the camp's permanent destruction. Pugsley and Wednesday return home in the campsite's stolen van.

Debbie tries to kill Fester by blowing up their mansion, but he survives. She then pulls a gun and reveals that she never loved him and was only after his money. [[Thing (The Addams Family)|Thing]] helps Fester.

Fester later apologizes to Gomez at the Addams mansion, Wednesday and Pugsley return, successfully reuniting the family at last. Just then, Debbie arrives, holds them at gunpoint, and straps them into [[electric chair]]s to kill them all.

The Addams family listens to her sympathetically, as she explains that as a child and young (self-proclaimed) ballerina, she killed her parents Sharon and Dave after they gave her a [[Barbie|Malibu Barbie]] doll on her 10th birthday rather than her desired ballerina Barbie. Then, as an adult, murdered her first two husbands for incredibly frivolous and materialistic reasons.

Meanwhile Pubert, now restored to his normally pale and mustachioed self, escapes from his crib with a knife and reaches the family via a series of improbable events. As Debbie lowers the switch to electrocute the Addamses, Pubert connects two loose wires, rerouting the electrical current through her instead, destroying her in spectacular fashion. All that remains are a pile of ashes, her shoes, and her [[credit card]]s—the means of the family's salvation.

Some time later, the Addamses and their relatives gather to celebrate Pubert's first birthday, with Joel also attending. Fester laments Debbie's loss, but soon becomes smitten with Dementia, a new nanny Cousin Itt and his wife Margaret Alford have hired for their child.

Out in the family graveyard, Joel attempts to ask Wednesday out by asking about having a future with a husband, though she turns him down. She then tells him Debbie was a sloppy husband killer, and that Wednesday would have scared her husband to death and made sure not to be caught. As he lays flowers on Debbie's grave, a hand emerges from the earth and grabs him, prompting Wednesday to smile as he screams.

==Cast==
* [[Anjelica Huston]] as [[Morticia Addams]]
* [[Raul Julia]] as [[Gomez Addams]]
* [[Christopher Lloyd]] as [[Fester Addams]]
* [[Christina Ricci]] as [[Wednesday Addams]]
* [[Christopher Hart (actor)|Christopher Hart]] as [[Thing (Addams Family)|Thing]]
* [[Carel Struycken]] as [[Lurch (The Addams Family)|Lurch]]
* [[Jimmy Workman]] as [[Pugsley Addams]]
* [[Carol Kane]] as [[Grandmama (Addams Family)|Grandmama Addams]] (replacing [[Judith Malina]])
* [[John Franklin (actor)|John Franklin]] as [[Cousin Itt]]
* [[Joan Cusack]] as Debbie Jellinsky
* [[Dana Ivey]] as Margaret Alford-Addams (wife of Cousin Itt Addams)
* [[David Krumholtz]] as Joel Glicker
* Kaitlyn and Kristen Hooper as Pubert Addams{{efn|[[Cheryl Chase (actress)|Cheryl Chase]] provided vocal effects for Pubert Addams.}}
* [[Peter MacNicol]] as Gary Granger
* [[Christine Baranski]] as Becky Martin-Granger
* [[Mercedes McNab]] as Amanda Buckman, a camper at Camp Chippewa (McNab played the [[Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting|Girl Scout]] in the first film)

===Cameo roles===
* Director [[Barry Sonnenfeld]] and [[Julie Halston]] as the parents of Joel Glicker.
* [[Nathan Lane]] as the police desk sergeant. Lane would eventually go on to play Gomez in the [[The Addams Family (musical)|''Addams Family'' Broadway musical]].
* [[David Hyde Pierce]] as the delivery room doctor
* [[Peter Graves]] as ''America's Most Disgusting Unsolved Crimes'' anchorman
* [[Sam McMurray]] and [[Harriet Sansom Harris]] as Amanda's parents
* [[Ian Abercrombie]] as a driver
* [[Chris Ellis (actor)|Chris Ellis]] as a furniture delivery driver
* [[Tony Shalhoub]] as Jorge
* [[Cynthia Nixon]] as Heather, a nanny interviewee

==Production==
The "[[family values]]" in the film's title is a tongue-in-cheek reference by writer [[Paul Rudnick]] to a 1992 speech ("Reflections on Urban America") made by then-vice presidential candidate [[Dan Quayle]]. In the speech, Quayle controversially blamed the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]] on a breakdown of "family values".<ref name="Huston">{{cite book| title=Watch Me| url=https://archive.org/details/watchmememoir0000hust| url-access=registration| first=Anjelica| last=Huston| publisher=Scribner's| year=2014| pages=262–263| isbn=9781476760346}}</ref>

Production of ''Addams Family Values'' began in Los Angeles on February 8, 1993.<ref name="AFI">{{Cite web |title=ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (1993) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59447 |access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=[[American Film Institute]] |archive-date=March 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323174932/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/59447 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to Anjelica Huston, it became increasingly clear during filming that Raul Julia's health was deteriorating. He had trouble eating and was losing weight as a result.<ref name="Huston" /> He died on October 24, 1994, less than a year after the film was released. [[Sequoia National Park]], particularly Sequoia Lake, in the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] of California, was the site of the movie's "Camp Chippewa".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://movie-locations.com/movies/a/Addams-Family-Values.php| title=Addams Family Values Filming Locations| publisher=movie-locations.com| access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref>

==Music==
{{Main|Addams Family Values: The Original Orchestral Score}}
{{Main|Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture}}

=== Michael Jackson's involvement ===
American singer [[Michael Jackson]] was supposed to feature a song in the film, called "Family Thing".{{sfn|Halstead|Cadman|2003|p=8}} The song is mostly rumored to have been removed due to the [[1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson|child sexual abuse allegations]] against Jackson; in reality, it was because of contractual differences with Paramount Pictures.{{sfn|Halstead|Cadman|2003}} The song has since been leaked online.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Michael Jackson - Family Thing [Full Song HQ available]| website=[[YouTube]] | date=August 23, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBcB35gAA-k| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/KBcB35gAA-k| archive-date=November 7, 2021 | url-status=live|language=en|access-date=March 24, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Jackson is referenced in the film via a poster in the Harmony Hut advertising his 1992 single "[[Heal the World]]", which horrifies Joel.

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Addams Family Values'' opened at number 1 at the US box office in its opening weekend with a reported gross of $14,117,545.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1993&wknd=47&p=.htm | title = Weekend Box Office Results for November 19–21, 1993 | work = [[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> In its second week, the film dropped to number 2 behind ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'', and in its third week to number 3 behind ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' and ''[[A Perfect World]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=addamsfamilyvalues.htm | title = Addams Family Values (1993) - Weekend Box Office Results | work = [[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date = April 20, 2020 | archive-date = March 4, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000944/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=addamsfamilyvalues.htm | url-status = live}}</ref> Its final box office gross in the United States and Canada was $48,919,043, a significant decline from the previous film's domestic total of $113,502,426.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=addamsfamilyvalues.htm | title=The Addams Family box office totals | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | access-date=October 10, 2019 | archive-date=July 5, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705002141/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=addamsfamilyvalues.htm | url-status=live}}</ref> Internationally it grossed $62 million, for a worldwide total of $110.9 million.<ref name=worldwide>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=M-56|date=October 17, 1994|title=Top 100 grossers worldwide, '93-94}}</ref>

===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>

===Accolades===
The film was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] in the category [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]] ([[Ken Adam]], [[Marvin March]]), but lost to ''[[Schindler's List]]'';<ref name="Oscars1994">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 4, 2011|work=oscars.org| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706100012/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/66th-winners.html| archive-date= July 6, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> and Huston was nominated for the 1993 [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] for her performance as Morticia, a reprise of her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1991 original. The film also won a [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song]] for the [[Tag Team (group)|Tag Team]] track "Addams Family (Whoomp!)".{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} ''Addams Family Values'' was nominated for [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs500.pdf|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs Nominees|website=afi.com|access-date=December 2, 2011|archive-date=December 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220152415/http://afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs500.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, James Charisma of ''[[Playboy]]'' ranked the film #15 on a list of ''15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals''.<ref name="Playboy">{{cite web | title = Revenge of the Movie: 15 Sequels That Are Way Better Than The Originals | website = [[Playboy]] | url = http://www.playboy.com/articles/15-sequels-better-than-the-original | last = Charisma |first=James | date = March 15, 2016 | access-date = July 19, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160726093750/http://www.playboy.com/articles/15-sequels-better-than-the-original | archive-date = July 26, 2016 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Home media==
{{Anchor|DVD release|DVD|Video}}
The ''[[Addams Family Values (video game)|Addams Family Values]]'' video game was produced by [[Ocean Software]].

The film was released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] in 2000 with only two [[film trailer|theatrical trailers]] as special features. It was re-released in 2006 with the first film on a single disc, with no new features.

In October 2019, the film debuted on the [[Blu-ray]] format when Paramount Pictures<ref>{{cite web |title=Addams Family & Addams Family Values Double Feature |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=25382 |website=Blu-ray.com |access-date=July 19, 2019 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714221419/https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=25382 |url-status=live}}</ref> released double feature of ''Addams Family'' and ''Addams Family Values'' on Blu-ray in the United States, along with standalone releases.<ref>{{cite web | last=Larson | first=Dr. Stephen | title=Addams Family Values Blu-ray Release Date October 1, 2019 | website=Blu-ray.com | date=October 1, 2019 | url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Addams-Family-Values-Blu-ray/42170/ | access-date=March 30, 2021 | archive-date=January 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106011609/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Addams-Family-Values-Blu-ray/42170/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In Australia, the film was released on VHS by Paramount Home Entertainment (Australasia) in 1994. In 2002, the film was released on DVD with theatrical trailers in the extra features.

==Legacy==
In retrospect, Barry Sonnenfeld recalled: "I was disappointed in the box office for the second film. I think the first film is more romantic and the second film is funnier. Part of the reason it didn't do as well is that the marketing of the movie was so similar to the first one that people didn't think it was going to be any value-added and I really wanted to push the Pubert of it all and the Fester of it all. Instead, the whole campaign was back with the original Addams Family, so it wasn't really promising anything new. I think that's in part why it didn't do as well. Many people love it as much or more as the first one".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://comicbookmovie.com/horror/the-addams-family-interview-barry-sonnenfeld-talks-the-films-legacy-on-its-30th-anniversary-exclusive-a189187#gs.okx2ia|title=THE ADDAMS FAMILY Interview: Barry Sonnenfeld Talks the Film's Legacy on Its 30th Anniversary (Exclusive)|date=October 28, 2021|website=ComicBookMovie.com|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=February 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209141018/https://comicbookmovie.com/horror/the-addams-family-interview-barry-sonnenfeld-talks-the-films-legacy-on-its-30th-anniversary-exclusive-a189187#gs.okx2ia|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the decades since its release, the film has been reassessed with retrospective acclaim. Once a source of mixed reception, the film's dark humor and satire have become lauded.<ref name="Reporter 25th">{{Cite web |last=Abrams |first=Simon |date=November 21, 2018 |title=The Hidden Message of 'Addams Family Values' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/addams-family-values-had-secret-political-message-reveals-writer-1162918/ |access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-date=September 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907120937/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/addams-family-values-had-secret-political-message-reveals-writer-1162918/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=David |date=November 20, 2018 |title=Addams Family Values Is a Darkly Funny Thanksgiving Classic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/addams-family-values-thanksgiving-movie/576190/ |access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |archive-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227040749/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/addams-family-values-thanksgiving-movie/576190/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Mary Sue">{{Cite web |last=Terasaki |first=Kimberly |date=November 17, 2023 |title=30 Years Later, 'Addams Family Values' Is Still the Best Addams Family Adaptation |url=https://www.themarysue.com/addams-family-values-is-a-perfect-thanksgiving-movie-the-best-addams-family-adaptation/ |access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=[[The Mary Sue]] |archive-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227040749/https://www.themarysue.com/addams-family-values-is-a-perfect-thanksgiving-movie-the-best-addams-family-adaptation/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Ricci's and Cusack's performances have also received praise, with Cusack's role in particular becoming the source of several [[Internet meme|memes]] and tribute videos on [[YouTube]] dedicated to her performance.<ref name="Reporter 25th" /><ref name="Mary Sue" />

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book|title=Michael Jackson: The Solo Years|last1=Halstead|first1=Craig|last2=Cadman|first2=Chris|date=2003|publisher=Authors Online|isbn=0755200918|location=Hertford|oclc=52975896}}

==External links==
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