Hotel Transylvania - 5 stars out of 10

Hotel Transylvania - 5 stars out of 10

"Hotel Transylvania" is another family-friendly computer animated film that provides some laughs but is just kind of average.  It gets its laughs from sight gags and clever use of the monster characters.  The writers really tapped in to the potential irony and humor by stereotyping the monsters, although it's several tiers below "Wreck-It Ralph" in the creativity department.  The entire film was worth watching just for the hilarious “Twilight” reference.  And then there’s Cee-Lo Green voicing the techno singing mummy... I guess that was inevitable.  Adam Sandler is a great choice for Dracula, particularly funny because you can tell that it is him doing one of his goofy accents.  The rest of the voice acting is average, in spite of its loaded cast  Mark Mothersbaugh (of “Rugrats” fame) was the perfect choice to write this whimsical musical score.  I was definitely entertained by "Hotel Transylvania" and, even though it is just average in quality, I look forward to sharing this film with my children someday.