Wednesday, left (voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz), presents her mother, Morticia (voiced by Charlize Theron), with an odd human artifact, in a scene from the animated “The Addams Family.” (Image courtesy MGM Pictures.)

'The Addams Family'

October 10, 2019 by Sean P. Means

Considering how often it’s been done — including a TV series in the 1960s and two movies in the early ′90s — making another version of “The Addams Family” shouldn’t be that hard.

Somehow, though, directors Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan miss the mark, with a rendition of Charles Addams’ macabre characters that’s the movie equivalent of safe-and-sane fireworks: harmless for the kiddies, but with no sizzle.

Read the full review at sltrib.com.