Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Review

Hotel Transylvania 3 is made for fans of the first two movies, and honestly, the first two are a lot better.

The good: it stays true to its fan base and keeps the family going. There are plenty of jokes, and it’ll make you laugh at least a little, even if not as much as you expected. The message underneath the Drac family story is a good one.

But this is one of my lowest-rated movies. The whole thing felt like a big bore. When the jokes landed, they landed, but when they didn’t, they bombed really badly. I struggled to stay awake. It felt like being in a boxing match, getting hit left and right, but I stayed in the fight. It mostly felt like the trailers stretched out.

The story gets convoluted, too. Bringing back the old feud between the monsters and their human enemies is an interesting idea, but it feels like a step back after parts one and two established that monsters and humans are friends now. Maybe that family didn’t get the memo. And the big final showdown ends up as a campy dance battle. You know your movie has hit rock bottom when the finale is a DJ battle. It had one or two funny moments and then got campy fast.

In my theater, there wasn’t much laughter, just a few moments here and there. The first two weren’t the best movies, but at least they made sense. This one felt like they didn’t really care and just tried to squeeze in as many laughs as possible.

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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) Cast and Details

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and stars Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James and Kathryn Hahn. It runs 97 minutes and is rated PG. You can look up the full cast and crew on IMDb. You might also like my Skyscraper review.