Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Ceelo Green, Jon Lovitz, Brian George, Luenell, Chris Parnell, Jackie Sandler
Dracula (Adam Sandler) is an overprotective Dad to daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez). He protects her from the evil humans who hate all monsters. But he’s also the owner and runs the Hotel Transylvania, a place for monsters of all shapes and sizes to go to have a wonderful vacation without the prejudices of the world. It’s all in jeopardy though when human, Jonathan (Andy Samberg) arrives at the hotel and is instantly smitten with Mavis. Mavis is dying to see the human world, so when a human shows up she’s immediately attracted to him too, but having a human in the hotel can bring their whole world smashing down.
This animated film is by far the best of the horror cartoon films this year. Much better than ParaNorman, and infinitely better than Frankenweenie, this film is really funny! The jokes are fast and furious. Sandler put together a great cast of comedians, and set them free to make a really funny film. One thing that I appreciated was that it has some classy humor for the big folks so that it’s not boring in the least, but it’s got enough funny happenings and plenty of story for the kids, featuring funny versions of all the classic monsters, to keep the kids interested. This is, in my opinion, the best film of the bunch for the whole family.
Excellent writing, this is an interesting story, and an animated film for the whole gang. I recommend this one!
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