I expected this to be another typical failed reboot full of identity politics beating viewers over the head. There is some of it to be sure, but it was minimal and tolerable.

My main complaint is Gomez felt miscast. I read that Tim Burton wanted to cast a shorter fatter actor as this was how the character was originally written. Luis Guzman is a great character actor when playing gangsters, but the hoodrat vibes just felt out of place. Also uncle Fester was annoying. For some reason he was portrayed as jewish saying things like "oy vey". It made no sense.

Those things aside, it was a joy to watch the actress playing Wednesday and her deadpan delivery.