I am left to ponder, weak and weary, Morticia's response, will it be fury? When the passing of her mate, Gomez, Brings an end to his nightly roamez, When his stately form stills, Focusing all on his wills, The final puckering of those lips, Brings on those offal rips. Will she caper in outre celebration, Pouring out some bloody libation? Will her pallor finally evaporate, Forcing her to use makeup immaculate? Or will the most immodest of displays Result in her honest sprays Of salted sorrows, Fated for a dozen tomorrows?
The Addams Family 2 (2021) is the animated feature creature sequel to The Addams Family (2019), the animated version of the celebrated family invention of famed cartoonist Charles Addams. The first installment, which was an origin story of sorts for the family, positively celebrates the challenges of every day life and non-conformism by upping the ante and dancing a bit faster. Last time, we met son Pugsley and learned what will, eventually, make him a man’s man – it’s not his foil-work, unlike his dear ol’ master swordsman Dad, Gomez – and he made us his fan club; this time around, the imperturbable Wednesday will lead our little band of misfit toys to that one island. That one island.
That can perturb the sacred, walking pallor that is Wednesday.
Because when one has allegiance to the family that is Addams, its sacred secrets and unfortunate baldness – someone push Uncle Fester out of an airplane, please, as I hate his signature look, which has Nessie’s flipper prints all over it – its role in Western Civilization, and, most importantly, its scientific insights. Wait, where was I?
Oh, yeah. Their camper van vacation. No? I still like the camper van.
When someone, that someone, a peerless narcissist, suggests that he and his wife are the parents to the imperturbable, rather than Gomez and Morticia, well, chaos rears up, reads the DNA chart, and pauses its ceaseless vortex for that brief moment it takes for Wednesday to begin tracking down this feckless fiend.
And the rest is, as they say, mere detail. Such is the revenge of Wednesday.
Fun it is, but not memorable. Rather like the first of this series in that respect, but there is even less underlining of contemporary societal contradictions. And, so, The Addams Family 2 is doomed to a quick peak and then eternal obscurity.
Which I think they’d prefer, given the lack of their progenitor here.
