The Addams Family (1991), Addams Family Values (1993), and The Addams Family (2019)

I watched both when they first came out 30 years ago, but didn't like them very much. 

And then just the other day I watched it again, and enjoyed it more than ever. It's funny how this is a rare movie that gets better for me each time I watch it. 

The entire cast is so good! I love the design of the castle, and the hidden "fortune" and the lore behind the Addams lineage. Such good stuff!

I didn't like the sequel  (Part 2) very much when I first saw it, but rather enjoyed it on a rewatch. Much of the subtle humor was lost on me years ago. 

Part 2 really belongs to Joan Cusack! She really steals the whole movie as Fester's nefarious girlfriend who wants a piece of the Addams fortune. And I liked the summer camp sequences with the crazy hyper-positive-attitude counselors. The ending was bad, though. The whole electrocution deal....doesn't hold up well, and don't love the movie as much as the first one. 

I tried giving the 2019 animated movie a try, since I hadn't seen it yet. Surprisingly, it had a number of the same jokes from the 1991 movie and didn't capture my attention enough to watch the whole thing. 

Going to stick with the 1991 version again if I ever am in an Addams Family mood again! 

Read another review of Addams Family Values from:

Reel Weedgie Midget here

Working Girl (1988)

 "A naive but ambitious secretary (Melanie Griffith) tries to outfox her wiley boss (Sigourney Weaver)  by closing a big deal - with the help of a man (Harrison Ford) who she just happens to fall in love with" (from Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide)

Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver:
modern day movie legends

I watched this office comedy again after 25 years and it made so much more sense to me now than it did when I first saw it (before I entered the "working world"). Melanie Griffith's character has to office-sit and house-sit for her boss (Weaver) when she's away and it's fun to watch her fascination with everything. Great chemistry between her and Ford. Joan Cusack is great playing the wise-cracking best friend.  Alec Baldwin in an early role is slimey ex-boyfriend.

The Staten Island Ferry with the World Trade Center
in the background. 

My favorite part in the movie is when Melanie (posing as an executive) and Ford crash a wedding just to network with a potential client (Philip Bosco).  And I love the final scene of the movie where Melanie enjoys her new office.

Roger Ebert gave the film 4 stars in his review from 1988. He noticed some similarities between this film and The Graduate, also directed by Mike Nichols. It was nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture of 1988. A great '80s classic.

Review from the blog Surrender The Void here