These series had been in my Netflix watchlist for a while before I noticed that they are directed by Tim Burton. On IMDb the creators are listed. Is that perhaps because in many series different episodes are not directed by the same persons? I have not checked if Burton directed them all though, but I figured I would credit him.
The Wednesday from the title is Wednesday Addams of the Addams family. She is sent to a Hogwarts type school for “outcasts” where apparently her father and her mother met and where other family members also went to.
Wednesday is a “neo-goth”, grim looking girl with a too large ego. The series are full of the typical Addams family jokes in which the family members enjoy the darker things in life. The series are packed with interesting actors such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gwendoline Christie, Steve Buscemi and Billie Piper.
The stories are only mildly interesting, but the Addams family type humour is fairly enjoyable and the Burton atmosphere and stages are good. The result is a bit too ‘teen’ for my liking, but I suppose when the announced third series are available, I might watch them at some point.
