Hotel Transylvania 2 is marginally better than the original, which may or may not be enough of a recommendation to watch 89 minutes of corny, colorfully animated gags from Adam Sandler and company. Read critic reviews
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Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - Drac's Social Media Game
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - Wayne the Were-Wussy
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - Dennis Gets His Fangs
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - Camp Vamp
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - Werewolf Birthday Party
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - Family Bat Fight
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - Mummy Mistake
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - Learning to Fly
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - I'm in Love With a Monster
Hotel Transylvania 2: Official Clip - You Can't Change Him
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Now that Dracula (Adam Sandler) has opened the Hotel Transylvania's doors to humans, things are changing for the better; however, Drac is secretly worried that his half-human grandson, Dennis, isn't showing his vampire side. So, while Mavis and Johnny are away, Drac enlists his friends to help him put the boy through a "monster-in-training" boot camp. But things really get batty when Drac's cantankerous, old-school dad (Mel Brooks) pays an unexpected visit.
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Rating: PG (Rude Humor|Action|Some Scary Images)
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Genre: Kids & family, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
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Original Language: English
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Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
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Producer: Michelle Murdocca
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Writer: Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Production Co: Sony Pictures Animation
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Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
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Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
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The characters and the animation may be pretty amusing for kids, the story (will the grandchild turn out to be a monster or can it be raised as one?) might be a bit over their heads, though. There are amusing moments, but hardly any laugh out loud ones and one has to wonder why every animated film lately has to end with the entire cast dancing. Entertaining and nicely animated, but overall mostly for fans.
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See more reviews like this at chrisbreviews.blogspot.com Like many sequels, Sandler and director Genndy Tartakovsky have run out of ideas for the plot and their priorities now seem to have shifted to maintaining the series for as long as possible, with a third film on the way in 2018. Young audiences will enjoy the fantastic animation, minor action sequences, and visual displays accompanied with light humour; especially absurd and slapstick. Adults will be mostly bored by the dragging plot but mildly entertained by the inconsistent humorous scenes and relatable themes. Such themes include familial acceptance, destiny, and expectations. All of which, to Sandler's credit, are important issues and topics to educate children on at an early age, and moreover to allow parents to reflect upon. This would have been the shining aspect of this film if it were not for the obvious contradiction toward it at the climax of the film. Sandler has hired many of his fellow renowned comedians and actors in a desperate plea to increase the film's credibility including himself (Dracula), Selena Gomez (Mavis), Andy Samberg (Johny), Kevin James (Frankenstein), Mel Brooks (Vlad), and David Spade (Jack) among others, even employing Fifth Harmony and Flo Rida for the movie's soundtrack. Many of the characters are one-dimensional and are only in the film for the gags. Some genres attempted to be intertwined are comedy, action, adventure, animation, and family. Elements of various genres are poorly demonstrated which takes a toll on the movies overall quality. Overall, Hotel Transylvania 2 is a very generic animation with more negative than positive aspects. Nevertheless, it is a children's film and should source some mild entertainment from them, albeit it is hardly a memorable film that will be remembered as a piece of one's childhood in future years.
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http://cinephilecrocodile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/hoteltransylvania-2-dir-genndy.html
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Much like the first film this is a hit and miss affair. The cast is great, maybe they should stick to voice work compared to the film roles they accept. Cultural references and some funny gags fill the constant story lags.
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