{"id":3450,"date":"2016-06-18T17:13:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T21:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2024-02-25T14:21:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T19:21:54","slug":"hotel-transylvania-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3450","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Transylvania-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hotel Transylvania-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Genndy Tartakovsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott\u2019s Review #418<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70220028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3451\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70220028-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70220028\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70220028-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70220028.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 18, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: C-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hotel Transylvania is a 2012 animated comedy film about an overprotective Dracula with a teenage daughter fascinated with the human world.<\/p>\n<p>The premise sounded interesting to me- a gothic, spooky feature and the animations are very well done- bright, colorful, and unique, but the plot is way too predictable and the story as safe as they come.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the dark mood of the film, there is nothing remotely scary about Dracula or any of the other characters. Rather they are completely cliched and quite amateurish.<\/p>\n<p>The target audience is age 10 and under and parents might find themselves bored. I am not a parent and I was bored to tears at one point.<\/p>\n<p>It is too cutesy for my tastes.<\/p>\n<p>Save for the impressive animations, Hotel Transylvania (2012) is completely mainstream fare and forgettable filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p>A great story achieves mountains and this one lacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hotel Transylvania-2012 Director Genndy Tartakovsky Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James Scott\u2019s Review #418 Reviewed June 18, 2016 Grade: C- Hotel Transylvania is a 2012 animated comedy film about an overprotective Dracula with a teenage daughter fascinated with the human world. 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