Is Addams Family Values scary?

Only a little. Addams Family Values has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.

What is Addams Family Values rated, and is it OK for kids?

Fine for most older kids. Rated PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.

Addams Family Values (1993)

Film · 1h 34m · Rated PG-13

Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A darkly-comic family struggles with a new baby and a murderous nanny in this campy, whimsical comedy.

Crowd-pleasing, with big broad humor. A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Paramount+.

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Addams Family Values parents guide

Some innuendo or implied sex and mild language, about what a PG-13 should carry.

Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.

Scare: Mildly scary; A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares: None noted
Gore: Light gore; Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence: Some violence; Some fighting or peril.
Sex and nudity: Mild; Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language: Mild; Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Addams Family Values scary?: Only a little. Addams Family Values has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Addams Family Values?: Light gore and some violence.
What is Addams Family Values rated, and is it OK for kids?: Fine for most older kids. Rated PG-13, with some innuendo or implied sex and mild language.

What is Addams Family Values about?

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Yes. It lands on a happy note.