It’s
not as consistently amusing or as clever as the second film in the franchise,
but Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer
Vacation remains fun, lightweight entertainment. My daughter, who is obsessed with monsters,
said it was in her top five films of all time.
Because of that simple fact, it’s hard to be too critical of it.
Hotel
Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is just
like the other films in the series, except on a boat. It plays like a flip-flop of the
original. This time out, Dracula (the
voice of Adam Sandler) is the one hiding a potential relationship with a human
from his family. The object of his
affection: A chipper cruise director
(the voice of Kathryn Hahn) who just so happens to be a descendent of Dracula’s
arch-nemesis, Van Helsing.
Some
of the gags fall flat, but there are a couple of sequences that will leave you
laughing. I loved all the stuff with
Blobby and his newfound son (and eventual dog).
The scene with the gremlins is the comedic highpoint though. Although these guys don’t get a whole lot of
screen time, they up and steal the movie. I sincerely hope they get their own spin-off in
the near future.
The
stuff with Dracula and his daughter (the voice of Selena Gomez) is basically
recycled material from previous entries.
I also wish Drac’s buddies like Frankenstein (the voice of Kevin James),
The Wolf Man (the voice of Steve Buscemi), The Invisible Man (the voice of
David Spade), and The Mummy (the voice of Keegan-Michael Key) had more to do. That said, there’s enough chuckles here to
keep your interest. If you’re a
monster-obsessed kid, you’ll probably add an extra star to the *** rating.
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