Reviews & Ratings for
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Quite a remarkable film. Totally enjoyable. Great laughs were had by all. hahaha. One word for this film was "Acceptance". In the beginning, Dracula didn't accepted Dennis being human and as such grew to him and accepted him in the end. hahaah
The plot was quite simple. heheheh. The film starts off with the wedding of Mavis(Gomez) and Jonathan(Samberg). Mavis finds out she's pregnant. And Baby Dennis(Blinkoff) is born. Mavis wants to move to California with Jonathan's HUMAN parents: Linda(Mullaly) and Mike(Offerman). However Dracula(Sandler) don't want this. What with his overprotective mode. hahaah. So Dracula wants to bring out the Vampireness outta of Dennis. As always, Dracula has a plan. hahaah. If Dennis becomes a vampire then he'll want to stay put. hehehe. However trouble further ensues when Mavis(Dracula's Daughter) reveals that she invited Vlad(Brooks) Dracula's father, to the party. Vlad is a very traditionalist ie against Humans full stop. He would even "suck out their souls". Vlad wants to scare out the Vampire outta Dennis. So via a teddy bear at Dennis' party, he is attempting to scare Dennis, but it don't work as Dracula actually prevents it. And so Vlad finds out his son Dracula has actually changed and attempts to change. Vlad's followers attempts to take down all humans etc., and Dennis' REAL self comes to being ie a Vampire and attacks the followers.

Just got back from seeing it, and let me tell you, there were several moments when just the kids would laugh, and moments when just the adults would laugh. The characters are just fantastic, especially Count Dracula, Jonathan and Mavis. You also get a chance to see more of Murray's (mummy) , Griffin (invisible man), Frankenstein and Wayne's (werewolf) personalities in this sequel. If you're a fan of the first Hotel Transylvania, it's a guarantee you'll enjoy this sequel

Surprisingly didn't find myself quite as insulted as I was with the first movie, which is weird considering this is Adam Sandler we're talking about. I have a feeling Tartakovsky might have had a little more freedom with this movie, as it's a lot cuter and more innocent than the first, with only a couple of urination jokes that are only a slight deal, so I'm okay with the presence of Nick Offerman and Mel Brooks alongside the Happy Madison bunch this time.

However, every other toilet joke is traded for the typical, bizarre pop culture reference or Sony's classic product placement when all Hotel 1 did was a piss-take on Twilight and a direct mention of The Lion King for no reason. Eh, at least the visuals are more attractive this time and provide a few minor chuckles, though this isn't going to fix SPA's style-over-substance track record, not counting Goosebumps, especially with the typical climax where all good available kicks evil's ass and everybody dances.

Let's just be grateful we don't get to see that damned sponge again.