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Hotel Transylvania

Play trailer Poster for Hotel Transylvania PG 2012 1h 31m Kids & Family Comedy Fantasy Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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When monsters want to get away from it all, they go to Count Dracula's (Adam Sandler) Hotel Transylvania, a lavish resort where they can be themselves without humans around to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula invites creatures like the Invisible Man, the Mummy and others to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez). However, an unforeseen complication unfolds when an ordinary human unwittingly crashes the party and falls in love with Mavis.
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Hotel Transylvania's buoyant, giddy tone may please children, but it might be a little too loud and thinly-scripted for older audiences.

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Tara Brady Irish Times The characters and story, forged by six different directors and many more writers over a six-year-production stint, leave little room for Tartakovsky tricks and tics. Rated: 2/5 Oct 13, 2012 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Comedy gothic isn't exactly novel, and frankly there is a sense here of a movie coasting along on Halloween hype-marketing, without providing as many laughs and ideas as it really could have done. Rated: 2/5 Oct 11, 2012 Full Review Tom Huddleston Time Out No one does saccharine like Adam Sandler. The man can be sharp, angry and funny - but when he lays on the sweetness, it's like drowning in an avalanche of Tate & Lyle. Rated: 2/5 Oct 11, 2012 Full Review Michael Leader Den of Geek Hotel Transylvania’s monster mash is utterly hollow. Rated: 2/5 May 3, 2024 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Hotel Transylvania isn't a brilliant animated feature, but it is a consistently entertaining one with Sandler's trademark silliness mixed with sweetness. Rated: 3.0/4.0 Sep 11, 2020 Full Review Cleaver Patterson CineVue The way this collection of monster misfits tackle both each other and the threat of human invasion has the right degree of wit and sophistication to amuse adults whilst being zany and slapstick enough to hold children's attention. Rated: 3/5 Feb 5, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ben W. It took scary monsters and made them funny and likable. It was comfy, light, and entertaining. Grade: 59 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/05/25 Full Review The Wandering D Such a wholesome movie. I love a good father-daughter dynamic in a movie, and Hotel Transylvania has got that! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/03/25 Full Review Logan G. Hotel Transylvania is funny and good for kids, but later films in the series are better. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/01/25 Full Review Leovanni E Great Movie, I wish the franchise didn't go downhill after the first 2 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/30/25 Full Review Obedience R Recently I watched "The Last Dragon," and it's funny that I feel the same way about the movie "Hotel Transylvania," which is the latest one I watched. It's not something for those looking for something even slightly serious or frightening, even by kid's movie standards. I found it to be funny, and I got a bunch of good laughs out of it, which all I ask. The story is a little clumsy, but still interesting. When Dracula admits the truth, the movie abruptly becomes serious, so I would have preferred if they had revealed that a little sooner. However, the characters are all nuanced. Even Johnathan and Mavis are too quick to give up, so that makes them compelling. The so-so storytelling is compensated for by a interesting premise and funny animation. I recommend this for anyone who wants to see a goofy, animated comedy. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/26/25 Full Review Blu B It's a Fun Family Horror Movie Classic. Sandler does a really great job as the Count and is probably the best thing voice acting wise. Everyone else does good too. The animation which looked kind of cheap at first glance like the 05' Madagasgar actually is really fluid, fast, zany at times, and creative. The setting is memorable, it balances being spooky and fun not scary really at all. Everything else is pretty solid here. The music mashup of dance numbers, spooky stuff, and everything in between sometimes works better than others. This is really fast paced the entire time and would defintely keep little kids interested the entire time. The humor is really good too. It's a great mix of clever stuff, slapstick, and dumb humor. Sometimes you wish it would take itself a bit more seriously at times though. The plot is pretty straight forward and predictable stuff the entire way. Overprotective father has to let his daughter go, love story with daughter, and romcom type of ending going after the guy to make amends, not all humans are bad after all. It also in the middle can get a bit bogged down by gags rather than a real smooth story. But overall it's very fun and cool to look at, the humor is great, and it does the basics well enough with great execution. If your looking for a fun family horror movie, fan of any actors in this, animated comedies, or the director than give this a shot. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/23/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When monsters want to get away from it all, they go to Count Dracula's (Adam Sandler) Hotel Transylvania, a lavish resort where they can be themselves without humans around to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula invites creatures like the Invisible Man, the Mummy and others to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez). However, an unforeseen complication unfolds when an ordinary human unwittingly crashes the party and falls in love with Mavis.
Director
Genndy Tartakovsky
Producer
Michelle Murdocca
Screenwriter
Peter Baynham, Robert Smigel
Distributor
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co
Sony Pictures Animation
Rating
PG (Scary Images|Action|Some Rude Humor)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 28, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$167.9M
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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