The Addams Family Values

The whole family is back in an all new adventure, this time, with a new addition: Pubert Addams, the new mustachioed baby boy. In search of a Nanny, they hire Debbie, (Joan Cusack) a woman who seems normal enough, but also seems to fit in perfectly with the Addamses. Fester falls head over heels in love with Debbie, who, as luck would have it, is a serial killer known as the Black Widow, who marries rich bachelors and then kills them on their wedding night, making it look like an accident.

Needing to get closer to Fester, Debbie tells Morticia and Gomez that the children told her that they wanted to go to Summer Camp. Falling for the ploy, Wednesday and Pugsley are shipped off to Camp Chippewa. "Chippewa. It's an Indian word. It means Orphan," Wednesday informs. While at camp Wednesday meets Joel (Andrew Krumholtz) a fellow social outcast. The two become somewhat romantically interested in each other, as romantically interested as two elementary aged kids can be. They're interested in each other for who the other person is. Pugsley, Wednesday, Joel and a small band of kids are the only ones at Camp Chippewa who act like themselves and aren't afraid of what people think about them. They are who they are and that's fine with them.

Wednesday and Joel devise a plan to create chaos during the performance of the lead counselor's play about the first Thanksgiving and end up tying one of the more annoying girls to a stake and pretend to light a fire beneath her.

Meanwhile, back at the Addams'...

Fester and Debbie get married, and Debbie, after several unsuccessful attempts at killing Fester, makes him swear that he will never see his family again, because it would make Debbie too upset. Fester, thinking Debbie actually loves him, agrees, to make her happy. He thinks that if he does all the right things, Debbie will love him more. He's changing who he is to be who he thinks Debbie wants him to be.

These two relationships are complete opposites if you couldn't tell. The Bible says that man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart, so we don't need to completely change who we are to be accepted by others. Sure we may have to change some things or alter some of our habits or behaviors, or even our looks some times, to be taken seriously, or to respect others wishes, but not to seek approval. If you have to completely change the person you are to be accepted by someone else, you don't need their acceptance anyway.

Next Week is Airplane!