Movie Review: Hotel Transylvania

Posted on February 4, 2013

MPW-76287Title: Hotel Transylvania
MPAA Rating: PG
Notable Cast: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, Fran Drescher, Molly Shannon

Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of his best friends–Frankenstein and his wife, Mummy, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf family, and more–to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis’s 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem, but everything could change for the overprotective dad when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. Summary from Official Movie Site

I absolutely adored Hotel Transylvania. It was fun and clever. And, I adored hearing the voices of some of my favorite comedians. From the opening sequence to the final credits, I was hooked. I loved the journey, the little nuances (including making fun of Twilight), and all the laughs.

I love that I wasn’t disappointed in this film at all. Everything held up to my expectations, even though I didn’t really know what I expected. The animation was great and easy to watch, the music was fun to listen to, and the characters were written and acted well.

I wouldn’t have a hard time recommending this to parents with young kids either. The movie is light and funny. There are only a few scary sequences, but they’re not too scary that kids won’t enjoy the movie. In fact, my two great-nieces, ages 5 and 3, loved it and kept asking to watch it again.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: , ,
About Jenni Elyse

I enjoy reading, listening to music, watching movies and TV, playing any type of game, aimlessly surfing the Internet, crocheting, knitting, playing the piano, and hanging out with my husband, cats, and friends. I also love purple, llamas, Zelda, Mario, and Star Wars! Check my About Me page for more details. I also have a health blog to document my journey to becoming a happier, healthier me.

Comments

  1. Robyn Jones (@robgirlbooks) says:
    February 4, 2013 at 11:29 am

    Awesome review. I can’t wait to watch Hotel Transylvania with my boys!

    Reply
  2. Leah Marie says:
    February 4, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Awesome. I will definitely remember this for Halloween this year. Thanks!

    Reply
  3. Kami says:
    February 4, 2013 at 5:21 pm

    Hmmm. When I saw the trailer for this, I wasn’t really interested, but I might have to give this a try.

    Reply
  4. Jenna says:
    February 4, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    This was a Daddy-Daughter date night, so I missed out and didn’t see this one… but both Daddy & Maddie came back with rave reviews!!

    Reply
  5. Amber says:
    February 5, 2013 at 1:30 pm

    Just saw it for the first time as well— glad we now own it.

    Reply

Leave a Reply