Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
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Sep 25, 2015 · The reason why “ Hotel Transylvania 2” exists is a simple one. The original 2012 animated comedy about a resort that caters to famous monsters managed to draw $358,375,603 in worldwide box-office blood. Though I'm a longtime supporter of animated features, the recent need to churn out follow-ups to every cartoon hit only demeans a genre ...
[Full Review in Spanish] Apr 10, 2020 Full Review Julian Lytle Punch Drunk Critics Overall Hotel Transylvania 2 is not that great and not terrible either. Rated: 2.5/5 Jan 11, 2020 Full Review ...
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- Genndy Tartakovsky
- PG
- Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Hotel Transylvania 2 succeeds in creating the sort of wacky visual comedy that kids love -- from slime monsters to screaming slices of wedding cake. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19 ...
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 is the follow-up to the 2012 monster comedy about Mavis (voiced by Selena Gomez ), a young vampire woman who falls in love with Jonathan ( Andy Samberg ), a human guy. In the sequel, Mavis and Jonathan get married and eventually have a cute little son, Dennis. Still living at the hotel, the new family doesn't know whether ...
- Genndy Tartakovsky
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi
- This animated sequel offers more glamour, but less bite.
- Verdict
By Max Nicholson
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:02 pm
Posted: Sep 24, 2015 11:00 pm
I was pleasantly surprised by Hotel Transylvania when I first saw it. I had heard mixed things going in, but Genndy Tartakovsky's feature film debut turned out to be a real hoot, with stunning animation. There was also a real, emotional core to the story, which I wasn't expecting, and a valuable lesson in tolerance. Granted, I didn't love it as much as Geoff Chapman, who gave it a 9.0 on IGN, but it was still a great animated movie that the whole family could enjoy, especially horror buffs. Hotel Transylvania 2, on the other hand, doesn't reach the same heights as its predecessor, although it does boast the same quality animation.
In the sequel (also helmed by Tartakovsky), Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) has relaxed a bit since the first movie and has lifted his human ban on Hotel Transylvania. But while things are going great on the business side, Drac is worried his half-vampire, half-human grandson Dennis isn't showing any signs of being a vampire. So while Mavis (Selena Gomez) is busy visiting her human in-laws with Johnny (Andy Samberg) -- and gets a culture shock of her own -- Drac and his buddies Frank (Kevin James), Wayne (Steve Buscemi), Griffin (David Spade) and Murray (Keegan-Michael Key, replacing CeeLo Green) try to bring out the monster in Dennis by taking him to their old haunting grounds.
To its credit, Hotel Transylvania 2 takes the characters in some new and interesting directions. While Dracula acknowledges that humanity has changed in the last century, he's still not ready to accept the idea of his grandson being human. This spurs all manner of hijinks, as Drac subjects Dennis to various monster trials (like throwing Dennis off a rickety, mile-high platform in the hopes he'll turn into a bat and fly before he hits the ground). Other times, the monsters get in on the action too, resulting in wacky car chases, live-wire stunts and clever sight gags.
While Hotel Transylvania 2 is a visual marvel, it doesn't come anywhere close to the originality of the first movie. The story is weaker, the laughs are infrequent, and you can feel the movie's desperate attempts to seem hip. Despite its comedian-studded cast, the real star of Hotel 2 is Tartakovsky's animation, which is top-notch. It almost makes ...
- Max Nicholson
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Sep 25, 2015 · Nov 29, 2018. Hotel Transylvania 2 is once again directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, written by Robert Smigel and Adam Sandler, and starring Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and Andy Samberg. The story is close to the first one, it's about Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis ...
