European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mis week s films Siroki takes an the stake Poir Richard Dreyfus and  . My in senile police  Ith untie o  Elle Letell a a. Taking pm in w,5, Suzy Amis of Ras to Mon nhan the r eel life fran tier nmn to Dre is tip m main. The a Evert mall birth to. J irn Arney he ads �. Cast that also includes  Tomlin and Cloris Leach   a r Sylvester Stallone is an Tipert Mountaineer who puts pm skills of the tet. Cut in Ayr rid and Jane Cirtin re prise their skin Ltd night live roles. Do . Kevin Kline plays � look alike for the  sir Mirney Weaver. Do mall Man r. Cop Sylvester Stallone and villain Wesley Snipes  fro in. Oaf Fllch the menace pm. Walter Matthau and Christopher Lloyd. Of Reform Tai Rue Lee Story Po-1 j. Introducing Jason Scott Lee no relation. Path to in a Crook of i dad Patrick Sadie Springs his kids from Day care. The firm r. Ayo Imi  caught Between his firm Ami the fill. Tom cruise. Free Welty to it Aboy Jason iame Richter wit i a Trot kled past Bonds with a killer whale. The emf Lathre Fo-j3. A Crisp and jolting Melo drama that Crews the tension tight. Harrison Ford and Tommy  Jones. Hart Tare r. Fast action and wild stunt prevail with Jean Claude. Van Damme. Mr1 anal tout pm i j. Eat surf die and get second Chance. Robert Downeyjr. Had to. Belle Midler Sarah Jessie Parker and Kathy Najima Vamp it up at 17th-Century witches returned in haunt modern times. It Shell to it to in Charlie Sheen.  Bridges and Valeria Molino Are Hack.  it. Your favorite hockey masked maniac Jason. Lett Sellers or Po-1.1. Austin o Brien plays a Young movie fan who joins his favorite movie hero Arnold Schwarzenegger on screen. A the Lett of i me Maita r. In the 1750s. An Indian rated frontiersman Daniel Day Lewis is caught up in the bloody mayhem of the French and Indian wars. With Madeleine Stowe. In Iii lift Al ire r. This thriller pits secret service agent Frank Horrigan Clint  against an  John Malkovich. Leasef Faith  Steve Martin stars As phony Faith healer. With Debra Winger. Mail Iii America pg-13. Whon i Goldberg and Ted Danson  in a  comedy about a woman who finds her father through a sperm Bank. Malic h. Alec . Bill Pullman and Nicole Kidman Star in this so so thriller thai seems mostly rehashed from earlier thrillers. A Tel Man we Ghoul free to in Story about a Friendship that develops Between a fatherless 12 year old Nick Stalla wonderful actor and a disfigured Recluse Mel Gibson. Mac ii Sec lety r. Menace plunges us into the harsh world of the inner City. Larenta e. The to Man pm. Robert Townsend wrote directed and starred in this inner City fantasy. Or. Went Erfyl to i j. Romantic comedy starring Matt Dillon and Annabella Sciorra. My Beyer Lent Back pm 1v Johnny Dingle is so m love with Missy Mccloud that he would die for her. Andrew Lowery and Traci Lind. Adful thing r. Stephen King s Best Teller about a demonic gift shop owner who plays on greed to reduce Castle Rock Maine to bloody chaos. Mavon Sydow and Leland gaunt. Poll Julf Jalc pm. The writer director John sin Gleton followed up his impressive debut upyt n the his to. With this new drama starring Janet Jackson. Plan Eschle g. The Disney classic ii Back on the big screen to let another generation in on the magical talc of the Little puppet who wants to become a real boy. Pott r. Forced out of the army during the Span ish american War by an unscrupulous lieutenant Jesse a Leavis a Hunch of outlaws to seize Justice. Mario Van Peebles and Sally Richardson. Mulno Sun r. Two detectives Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes investigate when a dead woman is found in the us. Headquarters of a japanese Cor. Notation. Mete 9 put. Now that it has reached in third instalment. Thero Flicop series has become wearying in its punched up violence and melodrama and As mechanical at its cyborg hero. Robert John Luike. 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Ernie Reyes jr., Leslie Nielsen. We i i Larne s pm. Sequel to the 19s9 Sleeper come Jav about a Corpse and a pair of yuppies. The the my Al Reg. Our daring Swash Bucklers Are on a Mission for France. Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland. Who to a it och h r. True Story of Rock n Roll in Gene Tina Turner. Angela Basic to As Tina Turner and us Rance Fuh Burne is bad Ike. In forge a r. Climi Eastwood prude act directs and surs in this Stark Western. A alms by Chuck Vinch. Raul Julia portrays Gomez who has his hands full keeping baby Hubert out of mischief in Addams family values. Chuck Vinch staff writer on movies Addam family values Ratedpo-13 musts Worth your time Pas saw Antenan mint coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait loaded with droll on liners Wacky sight gags and morbidly funny performances this film is one of those rare Hollywood Birds a sequel that Actu ally improves upon the original. As the title implies it s a paean to political in correctness at least As far As what constitutes a proper family and How its members should behave. This time around the Story kicks off when mortician Anjelica Huston photographed throughout the film with Keyhole lighting on her eyes to enhance her exotic Good looks announces she is about to have a baby. While Rushing her into the delivery room Gomez Raul Julia lovingly grasps her hand and asks Are you in unbearable pain my Darling mortician gives him a Coy smile and simply says  the result is baby Hubert who emerges with a Pencil thin Mustache just like dear old dad Hubert is actually played by twin girls Kaitlyn and Kristin Hooper. But the other Addams kids wednesday the marvelous Christina Ricci and Pugsley Jimmy Workman can t Cotton to their new sibling. Why do you hate the baby Gomez asks. We Don t hate him we just like to play with him Pugsley says. Especially his head wednesday Chimes in. Meanwhile the add Amses hire a new Nanny named Deb Joan Cusack finally getting a much deserved starring role who turns out to be a psychotic widow maker who marries men for their Money and then bumps them off. She s now after Uncle fester Christopher Lloyd who has amassed a Fortune in stocks Bonds and real estate. Fester has been looking for love for some time. Someday you la meet someone special someone who won t press charges Gomez tells him Early on. So when Deb bats her eyes fester is smitten. But wednesday smells a rat forcing Deb to arrange for the kids to be shipped to summer Camp so she can carry out her plan. The plot really is inconsequential serving Only As a rough framework to showcase the family s eccentricities. And what eccentricities they Are. Director Barry Sonnonfeld who has a Cameo As the father of wednesday s summer Camp Boyfriend and writer Paul Rudnick wisely pump up the Char Acter of wednesday. She gets the lion s share of the script s Best lines and with Good reason Ricci s sublimely Deadpan delivery is a riot. When a snotty kid at Camp takes note of wednesday s darkly monochromatic fashion sense and snidely asks Why she s dressed like somebody died wednesday fixes her with a Glare and says  in another scene a silly girl rattles on about the Stork s Pivotal role in the birth process until wednes Day shoots her Down our parents had  All the actors seem to have become More comfortable with their Personas since the first film allowing them to plumb new Depths of Black humor. The Only discordant casting note involves Granny. It s hard to see Why the filmmakers wanted such an accomplished actress As Carol Kane for the role since Granny is barely involved in the film and has Only a handful of lines. The visual gags Are outrageously Clever. Some of the film s Best moments involve wednesday at the summer Camp particularly the scene in which the kids Are supposed to re enact the first thanksgiving for parents Day. Anyone who has Ever chafed at the growing influence of the self appointed morals police in our society has to be captivated by the surreal Charm and utter Lack of self consciousness of the add Amses. The ultimate irony is that they re a Model family in All the ways that count the  love their kids they re deeply in love with each other and the entire clan enjoys a closeness that is rare in these decidedly dysfunctional times. The Addams family is an acquired taste but if you like movies that arc suffused with darkly inspired lunacy Addams family values will hit you where you laugh. It get5 three stars. Page 14 sunday november 28. 1993