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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Members of the mysterious and spooky Addams family -- Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, Uncle Fester and Grandma -- are readily preparing for a visit from their even creepier relatives. But trouble soon arises when shady TV personality Margaux Needler realizes that the Addams' eerie hilltop mansion is standing in the way of her dream to sell all the houses in the neighborhood.
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick KrollFamily | 100% |
Animation | 79% |
Comedy | 68% |
Fantasy | 61% |
Comic book | 20% |
Horror | 18% |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
4K Ultra HD
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
There’s been plenty of attempts to do something with the works of Charles Addams, who originally created “The Addams Family” in 1938, offering single-panel cartoons of amusing antics featuring a macabre family. T.V. programs, movies, musicals, and animated shows have endeavored to interpret Addams’s imagination, and now the creepy clan graduate to a CGI-animated film, with “The Addams Family” hoping to muscle in on “Hotel Transylvania” territory, giving all-ages entertainment a boost of the bizarre. While the production lacks the budget to pull off an absolutely gorgeous representation of the source material, directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan try to make the effort as amusing and spirited as possible, respecting the dark elements of the original concept while delivering modern cartoon elasticity.
Screencaps are taken from the Blu-ray
"The Addams Family" is not a movie with extraordinary animation, but the feature's visual design is handled well in this 4K release. Color is the big draw
for the Dolby Vision presentation, with a nice contrast between the spookiness of the Addams Family property with the candied look of suburbia. Hues
are defined in full, delivering cooler grays and deep blacks with Addams activity, also exploring woodsy browns and rich reds. Margaux's realm is all
brighter pinks and blues, along with sharp greenery. Artistic achievements appear as intended. Detail also goes about as far as possible, capturing CGI
artistry with the extreme appearances of the characters. The Addams Family house is also rich with textures to support the horror elements of the living
space. Highlights are tasteful. Compression largely holds together, with some slight banding.
The 7.1 DTS-HD MA mix secures the lively performances found in the picture, keeping accents and attitudes sharp. Scoring efforts are appreciable, with defined instrumentation and dramatic support. Lurch's organ offerings are also distinct, providing a full sound. Musical moods maintain a circular presence at times, joined by active atmospherics around the Addams household. Panning effects are periodic, along with the power of the growling spirit that inhabits the home. Sound effects are crisp. Low-end does well with explosions.
"The Addams Family" is boosted by an engaged voice cast, finding Isaac having a grand time as Gomez, while Kroll digs into Fester's lispy kookiness. Bette Midler (as Grandmama), Tituss Burgess, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, and Snoop Dogg (offering gibberish as Cousin It) add to the party atmosphere, and the movie regains some energy with a family reunion climax, highlighting all the extreme Addams relatives of the world. The picture has been completed with a lower budget, which doesn't give the project textured animated splendor, but the extremity of Addams's initial vision for his characters is retained, handed a pleasing cartoon bop by the production. "The Addams Family" doesn't fully compete with previous incarnations, but it gets the job done with respect for the brand name and its morbid charms, delivering obvious messages (on the power of family and the evils of conformity) with satisfying silliness.
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