Kelly Critic Review: 'The Addams Family,' Riverview High School

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: These days, it seems Hollywood wallows in an uncreative mess of remakes, sequels, and adaptations -- essentially, old ideas and mediocre rehashings of stories previously recounted. But we occasionally find pearls among the dross. In truth, I struggle to place the musical adaptation of “The Addams Family” on the scale. Is it an overdone franchise that we need to let rest in peace? Or does it contain modern values worthy of redemption?