by Michelle Willson, Editor-in-Chief
The Addams family is a Halloween classic, the last year they had a new addition a animated movie by the same name. The animated movie was released October 11th 2019 It follows the atoms as they prepare for a party to celebrate Pugsley officially becoming Addams.
The family runs into some problems when they realize a realtor has turned the swamp into a planned community. Morticia struggles with Wednesday wanting to experience the outside world while Gomez tries to get Pugsley ready for the party where he must perform a tradition that has been passed down that he’s not ready for.
Wednesday gets the opportunity to go to a public school where she quickly makes friends by standing up to a bully. After an argument with Morticia Wednesday runs away to live with one of her friends in the community.
Pugsley does not perform the tradition to the expectation of his relatives but he proves he’s in an atoms in other ways.
I didn’t think I would like the cartoon style but I did. It brought a new storyline and some new traits to these characters that I grew up with.
My favorite part of the movie was pugsley showing his relatives that he is an atoms in his own way. Because it shows that just because someone those things are different way doesn’t mean they’re not family. It was really interesting to see how they incorporated that. I like seeing the similarities between the perfect community called assimilation to the Addams family on the outside they look a lot different but on the inside they are all the same and it showed that that’s not how it has to be. It shows that you can be your own person and hang out with people who aren’t like you.
The creator of the perfect town’s daughter is one of Wednesday’s friends. Throughout the movie she explores a more emo style because her mom has forced her into a princess style like she wears.
At one point her daughter comes out and all black and spiky black hair and it really was just a way to show that she didn’t want to be like her mom and I think the characters finally got that towards the end.
I give this movie a 4 out of 5 overall and a 1 out of 5 on the scary scale.
I recommend this movie to anyone who watched the Addams family movies growing up… Though you don’t need to have seen the old movies to see this one. It’s a great show about family and originality that I think anyone could enjoy.