**A SHOCKING SEQUEL?!** Addams Family Values (1993) Reaction: FIRST TIME WATCHING 

In a way, Debbie is kind of a perfect fit to be an Addams. Also, Morticia condoning Debbie's atrocities but seeing pastels as the last straw will forever be iconic.

If Debbie just hadn't been so greedy, the family totally would've embraced her. They empathized with her being misunderstood her whole life and turning to homicide as an emotional outlet.

According to psychologists, Gomez & Morticia are THE marriage goals 😂...

The tragic irony of Debbie is that she fits right in with the family but is too wrapped up in her own baggage to ever realize it. She's so committed to her black widow scheme that she just doesn't ever seem to realize that the Addams's adore her and welcome her with open arms into the family. The only time they had any real problem with her was when she tried to separate Fester from the rest of the family. If she had just gone along with it she could have had free access to the Addams' wealth and a loving, supportive family that don't have any real problem with her violent, gold-digging ways. Even constantly trying to kill Fester isn't really a deal breaker because that's just a casual greeting as far as the Addams's are concerned.

Joan Cusack as Debbie is easily one of my favorite movie villains of all time. She is absolutely iconic and hilarious, and if she hadn't tried to kill the Addams (or maybe even despite that) I think they would've genuinely loved her as a family member. "Don't I yearn, and ache... and shop?!" "Don't I deserve love... and jewelry?" "Oh, Debbie... pastels?"

This is one of those cases where the sequel is far superior to the first film. Christina Ricci is brilliant as Wednesday, and Joan Cusack as Debbie is insanely good!!!

That IS Harmony from Buffy. She was also the girl scout in the first movie.

Debbie’s final monologue with the slides is one of Joan Cusack’s best moments ever. She’s a twice oscar nominated actor, and this a funny highlight in her great work.

Joan Cusack is the acress you can't identify but recognize. Her hair is normally dark in color.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS AS A KID! Carol Kane as Grandma Addams, lol! ""What are you doing?" "Nothing, just a curse on your pathetic soul. Have a nice day." That was my favorite scene.

Morticia reading The Cat In The Hat to Pubert is so beautiful because it shows that no matter how their kids turn out, they'll always support and love them regardless. The entire through line of the story is acceptance. Also, can you guess that the writer of this movie was gay?

I will always love that Morticia and Gomez do everything to make their children happy, even if it is far from their own tastes and lifestyle

I just love this movie. What a comforting campy classic. Too bad Debbie was so greedy, she was almost psychotic enough to get along with the Addamses.

You should watch Casper next it's perfect with Christina Ricci as the lead. Another great film for her and perfect for the month of October. Also the girl that plays Amanda was also the girl scout in the first Addams Family movie. And the cop at the police station is Nathan Lane 😂 I always hear Timon from Lion King when he says, "Who moved the rock?"

The actress you recognised, is Joan Cusack and she was the head principle in The School Of Rock and the Voice of Jesse from Toy Story! 😊 The policeman, is the actor Nathan Lane who is the voice of Timon in The Lion King. 😊

Wednesday was my spirit guide to adolescence in this movie 😂 Christina Ricci deserved an Oscar. Also love how Morticia always has light reflected around her eyes. So many amazing little gothic details. Fantastically underrated movie at the time

Debbie complained about getting Malibu Barbie instead of Ballerina Barbie in a pink tutu. At that time, Ballerina Barbie wore a white tutu. So, this whole thing could've been avoided! 😄

Yay, you noticed Harmony this time 😂 and Debbie's actress was the principal in School of Rock, as well. This movie is amazing. Debbie would've been a great Addams if only she hadn't tried to oppose them so hard lol.

When the policeman said call Ringling Brothers, he was saying call the Circus. Ringling Brothers were the founders of Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey's Circus which was extremely popular until the early 2000's when the treatment of animal regulations (specifically elephants) made them go on the decline.

Christine Baranski is always great in every role she plays, and Joan Cusack is a goddess of comedy

The Addams family is such a healthy family. They’ve got real “found family” vibes: anyone can be an Addams with the right attitude.

The camp counselor guy was the keeper of the Vigo painting in Ghostbusters 2. Also, the main antagonist girl at the camp was the Girl Scout selling cookies in the first movie

The Addams family is the perfect family. If everyone was like them the world would be such a interesting place.

The Addams family are pretty much _the_ picture of a happy and functional family. I love them so much. Also, someone calculated Gomez's wealth at ine point, and it is *_vast._*

So many great lines. "I'll play the victim!" "All your life..."

Debbie going “so you can make sure I’m not a homicidal maniac” and Gomez going “of course not! You’re too young” do you know how thrilled they’d have been to claim such a young homicidal maniac as part of the Addams clan?

If you have not seen Casper, my favorite movie w/ Christina Ricci and a fantastic movie. It's my go to movie for Halloween when i have the chance.

Yes it was the Actress who plays Harmony in Buffy lol she was also the Girl Scout selling Cookies in the First film

The rich girl was Mercedes McNab, and yes, she was Harmony in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. However, she was also in the first Addams Family movie. She was the girl scout that tried to sell cookies to Wednesday and Pugsley at the motel.

A surprise cameo is tony shaloub (taxi driver on wings, detective on monk, and the alien who's head keeps growing back in mib 1 and 2) he played one of the drunk sailors

This is one of the only films that I love the sequel more! The extra boost of "camp" (and the camp itself) add so much more to this one. Plus Joan Cusack (Debbie) is a great addition to the cast. It's just really sad because if she had actually loved Fester she would have fit right into the family, the Addams' actually really liked her and it def hurt them when she stabbed them in the back.

Fun fact: Pubert was actually supposed to be Pugsley’s name when the comic was originally made! But since his name didn’t sound family friendly enough it was changed. Really nice to see the directors and writers make this nod to the source material!

Man, I miss Raul Julia. Dude was brilliant.

I remember some of the critics of the Netflix show lamented that it was too edgy, too dark, the Addams family is supposed to be quirky with a dark sense of humour, but they'd never resort to torture, violence, or murder, especially not Wednesday!!! etc. Apparently, these people watched different Addams movies. In no specific order, Wednesday would have let a girl drown for being annoying, was ready to burn her at the stake, tried to kill a baby multiple times, the family was ready to douse a group of carolers with hot oil at the opening of the first movie, a stripper is cooked alive inside a cake and they find it hilarious, Debbie is electrocuted to dust, people are buried alive in the first movie, Morticia has no issue with Debbie abusing and manipulating Fester as long as the interior design of a home that isn't hers matches her taste, Pugsley steals a stop sign and is praised for causing a crash...just to name a few incidents. The Addams family doesn't go out of their way to commit violence and murder but it's a welcome side effect, it's welcomed when the opportunity presents itself, and the accidental death of innocent people is funny to them. I do love the movies, I love the Addams family, love the humour but looking at the franchise objectively, the Addams, and specifically Wednesday are much tamer, less violent, and more condemning of violence and murder with a stronger moral code in the Netflix show. If 90s Wednesday had sicced a bunch of piranhas at her brother's bullies, her father would have offered her a cigar after they smooth-talked her out of consequences with the principal and Morticia would have reminded her to not release delicate, precious, cute fish into chlorinated water, it's unhealthy for the poor things 😁

That absolutely is young Harmony (Mercedes McNab.) I love this movie as much as the first. Adding Joan Cusack and the camp was brilliant.

Joan Cusack was perfect a Debbie, but then she's perfect in everything I've seen her in. She played the corporate villain in Its A Very, Merry, Muppet Christmas Movie. And she even got to play the sister to her actual brother in Martian Child, opposite John Cusack. She was one of my favorite character actresses during the late 90s early 2000s. Anytime you see her name; you know you're getting a first class performance, as she really commits to the role. Or is it should be committed; in this cast, i can't remember

My favorite joke in this is: "He has my father's eyes" "Gomez, take those out of his mouth!"

21:01 That's Nathan Lane. He's been in tons of things, but nothing in your channel's archives immediately stands out as one of them. . . Many your age know him as the voice of Timon, the meerkat in the original animated version of The Lion King (1994). He's also known for The Birdcage (1996) with Robin Williams and Gene Hackman, and The Producers (2005) with Matthew Broderick and Uma Thurman. And some might recognize him from a small cameo in Austin Powers Goldmember (2002).

5:30 That is the always amazing Joan Cusack. 21:06 That is the also always amazing Nathan Lane.

nick : "the baby is protected by the gods..." the baby is an addams

I dare say this is my favorite Joan Cusack role.

"Harmony" was in the first Addams Family movie as the girl scout. the cop is Nathan Lane from Mouse Hunt, The Birdcage and The Producers remake.

5:25 "I feel like I know this actress." You do. She's been in tons of things, but you're probably remembering her from her role as the Principal in School of Rock. She's Joan Cusack (sister of John Cusack).

The cop you recognized was Nathan Lane. He starred with Robin Williams in The Bird Cage and with Matthew Broderick in the Mel Brooks' movie "The Producers".

Wednesday was a really good series and along the same lines and it was actually done by Tim Burton. The actress was different, obviously, but Jenna Ortega does a great job as well. Christina Ricci, the actress who actually played Wednesday in this movie, is also a character in the Wednesday series. she plays One of the teachers at the school.

Wednesday's smile that scared the campmates is one of my favorite core memories from my childhood. She basically helped me develop a big part of my personality. I love being creepy and dark. ^-^ Debbie is awesome and I agree with others she actually could of found a very welcoming family in the Addams. They would appreciate her psycho killer personality. In fact in the end she was getting their approval. But she was doomed to die. Dementia is a better soul mate for Fester though. Fun fact of one of the camp counselors, the man. He was the bad guy who got posessed in Ghostbusters 2! I am so happy you saw this sequel, now on to the tv show to see how it fits!

Good therapists have recognized Gomez & Morticia as the ultimate marriage goals 🖤 Debbie is played by Joan Cusak & is the perfect one to marry into that family. If course she couldn't appreciate that they embraced her & she had to go because of the pastels. & you are right. Amanda is Harmony in Buffy. So glad you enjoyed this iconic movie.

love how he realized it was harmony from buffy in this one.. but not the first movie lmao

I loved any film with Christina Ricci in it when I was younger definitely one of my childhood crushes

This is definitely a rare sequel that is FAR and AWAY better and more iconic than the original.

It was definitely the actress who plays Harmony. And she was also in the first movie.

This is one of my favorite comedies of all time. It's so tightly written and made, both in terms of visuals, writing and acting. A true level-up from the first film (Carol Kane as the grandma is an especial glow-up), I can't praise it enough. It's just a fantastic film, so confident in everything it is.

'I'll be the victim' 'All your life' is one of my favourite burns ever.

As people have told you, Joan Cusack playing Debbie was inspired. If you want to see her play basically the same role (faux sweet but terrifying and murderus), but be truly evil in a very dark, real world way, the thriller Arlington Road is a really great movie for that.

To this day, I still shout 'Get out the way!' angrily like Debbie does when she's having road rage 😂 In fact, so many of my favourite quotes come from this film, including; 'Yor husband iz a verry lucky maaaaan!' 'Give me a kiss' 'Give me a twenty!' 'They had sex' 'I'll be the victim!' 'All your life' 'Bachelor's beware!' And so many more 😂 Such an iconic childhood film of mine 😂

"Oh no! He lives.😔" So many good lines.😂

The actor that played Debbie is familiar because she also was the headmaster in School of Rock

Joan Cusack owned this role.

21:06 - "Don't make me call the Ringling Brothers." It was a famous circus - "Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus"

One of the very very few SEQUELS that surpasses the original! LOVE this one!

Festers love interest is Joan Cusack. She was the teacher in School of Rock. The one Jack Black fell for. She’s been in other movies too.

And one more thing, I loved that the whole family was the exact same cast as the first except for Grandma. In this one she was Carol Kane whom I love. She was Miracle Max’s wife in “The Princess Bride” and the ghost of Christmas present in “Scrooged”

21:07: The Ringling Brothers are known for founding the largest circus in the U.S.

Honestly, Debbie found her perfect match. If Debbie didn't cross the family the way she did, she'd be living high on the hog while Fester spoiled her. I bet she and Morticia would've been besties finding new victims. 😅

I think you know Joan Cusak from School of Rock, she was the school's director. Brillant acctress, hilarious!!

I feel cheated that I got around to watching these movies after Wednesday the show. They are so enjoyable.

I was so happy you noticed Mercedes McNab (‘Harmony’)!! You didn’t catch her in the first Addams Family movie (the girl scout), but that was understandable tbh. Even though these 2 films were only a few years apart, changes in appearance around those kids’ ages can be quite significant. [I recently watched an older true crime show that had filmed a reenactment of the known events - Mercedes played the young woman who goes missing. That was INCREDIBLY random.] And how funny that the summer camp “detention” center was called Harmony Hut! I didn’t remember that. It has clearly been a long time since I last watched it, because I also didn’t realize the one camp counselor was played by Christine Baranski!

29:48 In that exact moment Debbie was turning into Angelica's doll Cynthia from Rugrats I knew that doll was possessed

When the television series was being developed, "Pubert" was considered as the name for Pugsley, but it was considered too risque for 1960's network television.

The male camp counsellor was also Renfield in Mel Brooks' "Dead and Loving It"

I was 12 when this came out, it was great then, it's still great now. Fun reaction!!!!!!!

Christina Ricci is great as Wednesday, I'm glad they cast her in the new Wednesday series, there might have been plans for a second sequel but the actor playing Gomez was suffering from ill health and later died

Oh, I almost forgot the best one yet. Granny Addams was the on stage wife to Miracle Max in The Princess Bride as well as the Ghost of Christmas Present in the Bill Murray film SCROOGED.

5:31 "I Feel Like I Know This Actress" That Actress is Joan Cusack, Nick

Joan Cusack was the actress playing the killer. (Joan Cusack was the principal in The School of Rock.) There were a ton a famous names in this movie.

When they made the formula for the baby with the egg in it... That was a hangover cure called a "prairie oyster". It explains the babies sunglasses. I only know this from watching "cowboy bebop"

i love how there is constantly a light illuminating morticias face lol. also you may recognise the nanny from the School of rock. she plays the headmaster

It's funny that the Addams Family sitcom was actually considered the best family sitcom of the time. They were always loving and always got along and always stuck up for each other.

Dude! I had to look it up! That is Harmony's actress. I have never once made that connection!

Plus Mercedes Mcnab (Harmony) was always great at playing mean girls

So a couple of cast notes... The cop was played by Nathan Lane (best known as the voice of Timon in Lion King) who also co starred with Christine Baranski (who played Counselor Becky) in The Birdcage along with Robin Williams 3 years after this. The main sailor in the bar Debbie goes to is played by Tony Schalub (best known for playing the titular character on Monk)

The reason why you know, her voice is because she’s in toy story, she plays Jesse

The police officer was Ntahan Lane. You would have seen him opposite Robin Williams in the Birdcage and He was also a lead in the Producers.

Awesome reaction, but Lisa Loring was Wednesday on original The Addams Family from 1964 to 1966, before Christina Ricci ;) That said, i love Christina Ricci in this role and the character of Wednesday is well highlighted, more than in the original series ! It's great that you liked these two films, they were both terrific feature films for me when they came out in theaters and I love watching them on Halloween It's Christopher Hart who does The Thing And what cast, Joan Cusack join Raul Julia and Angelica Huston, with David Krumholtz, Christine Baranski, Peter MacNicol, Nathan Lane, Cynthia Nixon, Tony Shalhoub, Harriet Sansom Harris, Sam McMurray...and Mercedes McNab and many others

Without irony, I consider the script for this movie one of the best for dialogue ever.

Love Joan Cusack! This one was always my favourite of the two, mainly for her performance and Wednesday. I always get distracted by Mercedes (Harmony) McNab too. 😅

Debbie the psycho is played by the gorgeous Joan Cusack, she also is in Toys with Robin Williams rip and LL Cool J, a favorite of mine!

21:05 That's the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as "The Greatest Show on Earth." It's the most well known U.S. circus, active since 1871 (though with a recent 6-year hiatus).

The cop that you said looked familiar is Nathan Lane he was in the remake of the producers and was on the tv show modern family

1:06 - "the original Wednesday". Actually no, not even close. Th Addams Family (including Wednesday) has been around in various media forms since 1938. They have been newspaper cartoons (which is where they started), Movies (as seen here - and else where) as well as TV show characters. These two movies aren't even the only incarnation of the Addams Family to appear in the 90's, there were 2 entirely different TV series that also aired in the 90's. Interestingly I've noticed a lot of reactors who've reacted to the new Wednesday show (which is fantastic) complain that the depiction of Gomez - at least appearance wise - in that show isn't like the one in these movies (which is all many of them seem familiar with, Addams Family wise). But actually this representation of Gomez is the odd one out. If you react to Wednesday (or indeed the animated movies or old TV shows) you'll see what I mean.

“But what, about, Debbie?!” 😄 That girl WAS Harmony from BUFFY & ANGEL (and as mentioned below, appeared in a cameo in the first movie). And Debbie was Jesse from TOY STORY 2+. And the hippie babysitter was Miranda(?) from SEX IN THE CITY. And the cop was Timon from THE LION KING. And the horny sailor was Tony Shaloub. This movie has a ton of talent & current/future breakout stars in its background actors. And is one of those rare sequels that improves upon the original. Was a summer hit when it came out. And that camp subplot… perfect!

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The police officer is Nathan Lane (The Birdcage) and one of the guys in the bar with Debbie is Tony Shaloub (Galaxy Quest).

I like how the heads of the summer camp for rich kids are Diane Lockhart and John "The Biscuit" Cage.

remember the summer camp was $20k in the early 90's! Think of how much that would be now.

That was definitely Harmony from Buffy Nick. She was also the girl scout in the first Addams Family movie.

You didn't notice but Harmonie was also in the first Adams family ! She was at the stand of lemonade with her delicious scout coockies !!! 🍪

8:55 - The actor playing "young Harmony's" dad is Chandlers boss in a number of Friends Episodes. I can't remember if you've seen him yet in your watch through.

The blonde girl from camp was also in the first one, she asked if the lemonade was made from real lemons.

I haven't seen anyone mention it yet, but I just wanted to let you know, that technically isn't the original Wednesday. If I'm remembering correctly, there's both a live action and a cartoon TV show of The Addams Family befors that.