Hotel Transylvania movie review
The sequel to Hotel Transylvania, the fun hotel peopled by monsters, is better than the original, with some engagingly entertaining interaction between humans and monsters.
MONSTER HOTEL. Dracula (Adam Sandler), Griffin (David Spade), Murray the Mummy, Frank (Kevin James), Mavis (Selena Gomez), Wayne (Steve Buscemi) and Johnny (Andy Samberg). Picture: Supplied
Comedian Adam Sandler is the driving force behind this production. He voices Count Dracula, has a hand in the writing and is also a producer. He also brings his friends along to give voice to a myriad of other characters who bounce out at you through the vision of 3D.
The simple story concerns the Count’s daughter, Mavis (Selena Gomez), who marries Jonathan (Andy Sandberg), a human, and they have baby, Dennis (Asher Blinkoff). Grandfather Dracula is deeply concerned his red-headed grandson might be human, so he goes to enormous lengths to try to make him a monster.
The retired Dracula runs a hotel for monsters where they can relax without the dangers of human contact. In the first film, the overprotective Dracula struggled with the attraction Mavis developed for a human slacker, Jonathan.
After the birth of Dennis, the film embraces the differences between the vampires and their human in-laws. It seems Dennis won’t know whether he is a human or a vampire until his fifth birthday, but Dracula is afraid Mavis will take a human Dennis away .
He arranges for Jonathan and Mavis to take a trip while he baby-sits Dennis. But his real plan is to gather his pals — Frankenstein (Kevin James), Wayne the werewolf (Steve Buscemi), Griffin the invisible man (David Spade) and Murray the mummy (Keegan-Michael Key) — to take a road trip and teach Dennis how to be a monster.
Hotel Transylvania 2 is funny and uplifting.
