Phonearl
Good start, but then it gets ruined
Odelecol
Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Borserie
it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
Pjtaylor-96-138044
In a strange way, it sort of hurts to watch 'Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)'. Perhaps it is because the first film was actually pretty good, or perhaps it's because your boredom soon begins to set into your bones like a deep, unforgiving chill and you want to cringe so incredibly tightly that your face tears itself from your head but you're never quite given the mercy of a moment just strong enough to finish the job. To put it bluntly, this isn't a good film. There might be a chance, however, that I'm wrong and that it isn't all that bad. The usual defence for this type of picture is that "it's a 'kid's film'." In that case, I guess the abrasive voice-work (which was, I recall, less grating in the series' initial outing), the slightly unsettling and consistently bone-breaking animation (which, again, I remember to have found somewhat charming in the first flick), the egregiously greedy Sony product placement, the over-the-top and usually too-childish-for-children humour, the brash and out-of-place action-scene finale and the tried-and-tested central message that's completely back-tracked upon in the movie's final moments are actually 'good enough' for the young target audience of the piece. Then again, 'kid's film' or not, I think everyone deserves better than this. 4/10
iky-28794
AVOID!! They keep churning out these horrible animated films, they only appeal to kids and brain wash them into liking such a bad, nonsensical film. save your children
invisibleunicornninja
This movie is mostly filler, but its still fun. The characters are similar to how they were in the last movie, but there is still character development. The animation is cute and fun. Overall, this movie is funny and entertaining, but its a bit too long. And there is too much stupid.
Robert Porter
Hotel Transylvania is a hard act to follow. It was a perfect balance of comedy, vulgarity, family & monsters showing why they are 'cool'. Hotel Transylvania 2 however, is a painful hour & 15 minutes of awkward 'human' behaviour, before the last 10 minutes where the predictable outcome happens. Unfortunately a constant influx of pop culture gags doesn't lessen the unpleasant experience of the frustrating narrative. This film is presented from an adults' perspective. Motherhood is BORING for kids. And watching the adults bicker between themselves just makes the taste all that much more bitter. It's as though the adult-animators were creating the film in their own image. Divorced parents, hell-bent on proving how tough being parents is, & needing to put across how proud they are for the terrible job they've done. Yawn.This happened with Despicable Me 2. When they run out of ideas, it becomes a soap opera with pop culture references. Smart phones. Immediately it becomes dated.There is so much you can do in a universe as flexible as these animations. And yet they resort to the tired unimaginative clichés of parenthood & family turmoil. I know they want to appeals to as many people as possible, but that is about money. Not good entertainment.The Grandpa is the only interesting character in this film because he is being honest, sincere, & cool. Everyone else are acting like being humans. It's no fun at all.The sad thing is everyone bought into it. So now they will pimp this franchise out into the typical animation brothel.Quit while you are ahead, unless you are prepared to top what you achieved originally but going balls to the wall.I'd avoid this if I were you, unless you happen to be one of the docile fawning imbeciles littered within this film.
