Parents claim that scary things are often more afraid of you than you are of them, and that wisdom is wittingly applied here. So, in a cruel human world, Adam Sandler’s Dracula creates a refuge for monsters, until Andy Samberg’s blithely innocent Jonathan stumbles in. Genndy Tartakovsky brings a welcome commitment to squash-and-stretch animation to the 3D, CG world, but the problem is the story: a profoundly generic tale about parental over-protectiveness. With auto-tuned songs and unfunny jokes, Sandler and co. can’t reanimate the script, leaving Tartakovsky rather stranded.
Hotel Transylvania Review
Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy and the Werewolf all live together in a hotel in 21st century Carpathia. When a descendant of Van Helsing falls for Dracula's daughter, he soon finds out that they are destined enemies, which, causes for a rocky romance...
Release Date:
12 Oct 2012
Running Time:
91 minutes
Certificate:
U
Original Title:
Hotel Transylvania
An animation that never drags itself out of mediocrity despite the best efforts of gifted animator Tartakovsky.
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