Movie review
October 1, 2021 · 93 min · PG
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Family road trip comedy with Wednesday's science fair experiment and a villain's fake switched-at-birth DNA scam. The plot pushes a light "family is more than blood" message for bonding but confirms she is biological Addams and defeats the bad guy. No queer elements, no girlboss sermons, no anti-patriarchy lectures, no modern identity politics, no institutional critiques. Standard Addams weird-family gags with normies.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for The Addams Family 2.
Woke representation / casting
Standard voices match Addams gothic family aesthetic and story world; Pugsley recast for age (not ideology), Snoop Dogg as Itt is pure celebrity gag; no visible forced diversity or mismatches.
Woke political dialogue
None present.
Identity-driven story themes
Mild switched-at-birth/family-beyond-genetics trope played for comedy and resolved conventionally; not centered on activist identity politics.
Western institutional / cultural critique
None; no modern activist framing of patriarchy, whiteness, capitalism, or Western institutions.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Fringe social media only; no sustained or mainstream woke backlash.
Creator track record context
Limited support from Fogel's prior progressive-leaning comedies; directors show opposite pattern.
