Hotel Transylvania

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Hotel Transylvania

PG

2012

1h 31m

Kids & Family

Comedy

Fantasy

Animation

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

Hotel Transylvania’s monster mash is utterly hollow.

Rated: 2/5

May 3, 2024

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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

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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

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Muhammad A

Es muy muy buena película, muy bien trabajada, una trama que es sencilla, interesante y con un toque original que resulta impensado (que un humano sepa mantener la calma en un mundo de monstruos se siente natural y con un buen argumento que lo justifica, que los humanos admiren a los monstruos y les ayuden en vez de asustarse o correr despavoridos, entre otros elementos más), un padre que se preocupa por su hija y quiere que esté bien resulta familiar, que comete errores pero aprende de ellos por el bienestar general, que maduró para ver a su hija feliz y brindar calidad en el hotel, es muy buen personaje (excelentemente desarrollado), también puedo decir otras virtudes pero sería muy largo así que diré algunas cosas más que me gustaron de la película y termino. Su humor es muy pulido, nada vulgar ni obsceno, buena complejidad y diseños que son agradables y modernos, además de buenos mensajes para el público.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/29/25

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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