Sony Picture Animated presents “Hotel Transylvania 3” starring Adam Sandler voices Dracula himself, the proprietor of a Hotel Transylvania, a haven for monsters in a world in which they exist more peacefully alongside human beings. Dracula’s daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) married a human named Johnny (Andy Samberg). This story was for dracular to have a summer vacation to get stress free from his work at the hotel, but also to find new “zing” for being lonely about his wife that died a long time ago.
Mavis, sensing her dad needs a break, mavis book a monster cruise for the whole monsters that includes Frankenstein (Kevin James), Wayne the Werewolf (Steve Buscemi), Murray the Mummy (Keegan-Michael Key), Griffin the Invisible Man (David Spade), and even Vlad himself (Mel Brooks). But mavis didn’t know that it was also a set up for them to be destroyed by drac’s enemy notorious Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan) and his daughter Ericka (Kathryn Hahn).
The story of Dracula “Zing”-ing when he sees Ericka (that’s what happens when a monster falls in love at first sight) is deadly dull, in no small part because it allows Sandler way too much goofy voice time, but it takes up most of the plot here. Frank gambles, Wayne and his wife enjoy the cruise day care, Murray … no, wait, they forgot to give Murray anything to do—but the movie is constantly swinging back to the Drac/Ericka story and it’s just not entertaining for kids or adults.
During a long trip from cruise Ericka was already planning how to destroy Dracula, but everything gets more complicated when Dracula falls in love with the human secretly trying to destroy him.
Nonetheless, a “Hotel Transylvania 3” was made, and I must admit it serves as a relatively nice addition to the series. I would put it at the same moviemaking level as the second film. The plot is simple (arguably, too simple at times) and easy for children to follow. The theme is one of the most central themes to “Hotel Transylvania 3” is the “strength in family.” Mavis’ intention in sending everyone on vacation is so that the family can spend more time together and build memories.
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