I know I'm late to the party but I just finished it, what an absolute joy, and Jenna Ortega is going to be a massive break out star. I loved the Tim Burton aesthetic and it feels like he's back to form somewhat as I haven't really liked anything he's done since Big Fish.
Fortunatly the only thing I hate about the show is only a nit pick is because they're in it so little. Wednesday and Thing are perfect but the rest of the Addams Family are woefully (see what I did there?) miscast.
Luis Guzmán as Gomez may look more like the original cartoon but I won't apologize for being a huge fan of the original 2 movies and grew up on the B/W TV show, and for me, Raul Julia embodies what Gomez is about. Luis Guzmán is just too damn ugly to look at and doesn't act like the previous 2 incarnations, it doesn't work. And while Catherine Zeta-Jones looks the part (and easy on the eye despite her age) she doesn't embody the character of Morticia Addams. She acts too normal and doesn't have the quirky or kooky lines that I enjoy so much in the movies. She seems too stiff and feels like she's reading off cue cards (and or didn't bother to learn her lines). I didn't mind Uncle Fester so much, but again he didn't have the darkness or kookiness of the other incarnations, but he was the least worst part of the casting. And as a few people here have said, the chemistry between Gomez and Morticia is non-existent and they're right. It feels like I'm witnessing a SA everytime Gomez tries to engage with Morticia and makes me want to puke. Also, isn't Puglsy a little too young in this? Feels like she should be the same age or older than Wednesday?
But like I said, thank god this is a show based around Wednesday and not the Addams Family as the rest of the cast is utterly wonderful. I'm going to miss a couple come season 2 for obvious reasons. But a special shout out to Emma Myers as Enid, she's so freaking adorable and a perfect Ying to Wenesday's Yang
Loved the show, 8.5/10 and hope for a season 2 quickly as there seems to be a trend these days of seasons taking 2 years to make instead of 1