Hotel Transylvania Review

Hotel Transylvania


Release Date: 20th September 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Columbia Pictures (presents)
Sony Pictures Animation

Distribution
Sony Pictures Australia


Genre: Animation/Family/

Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 105 minutes


Budget: $85,000,000

Box Office Gross: $358,375,603 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Running a large resort for monsters in Transylvania far away from human civilisation, Dracula invites his fellow

ghouls to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter,

Mavis. One day, the party is

about to commence when a

human named Jonathan

stumbles into the resort

and is head over heels for

Mavis. Not wanting his

daughter to fall in love

with a mortal, Dracula

must try to keep her away

from Jonathan and the guests from his secret.

Voice Cast
Adam Sandler - Dracula
Selena Gomez - Mavis
Andy Samberg - Jonathan
Kevin James - Frankenstein
CeeLo Green - Murray
Steve Buscemi - Wayne
Molly Shannon - Wanda
David Spade - Griffin the
Invisible Man
Fran Drescher - Eunice
Jon Lovitz - Quasimodo
Sadie Sandler - Young Mavis/Winnie
Jackie Sandler - Martha
Chris Parnell - Mr. Fly
Rob Riggle - Skeleton Husband
Brian George - Suit of Armor
Luenell - Shrunken Heads

Crew
Director - Genndy Tartakovsky
Story - Todd Durham and Dan
& Kevin Hageman
Screenplay - Peter Baynham
Screenplay/Executive Producer -
Robert Smigel

Executive Producers - Adam Sandler
and Allen Covert
Producer - Michelle Murdocca
Co-Producer - Lydia Bottegoni
Production Designer - Marcelo Vignali

Art Directors - Ron Lukas and

Noelle Triaureau
Character Designers - Carter Goodrich,
Carlos Grangel, Cathy Jones, Craig Kellman
Luis Grané, Annette Marnat and Pete Oswald

Head of Story - Kaan Kalyon

Senior Animation Supervisor - James Crossley
Supervising Animators - Joshua Beveridge,

Matthew Cowie, Bill Haller,

Sebastian Kapijimpanga, Jeff Panko,

Brian D. Scott and Kevin Webb
Head of Layout - James C.J. Williams

Layout Supervisor - John Clark

Visual Effects Supervisor - Daniel Kramer

CG Supervisors - Danny Dimian,

Michael Ford, Matt Hausman,

Karl Edward Herbst, Rodrigo Ibanez,

Michael Lasker and Daniel Lobl

3D Stereoscopic Supervisor - Von Williams

Editor - Catherine Apple

Associate Editor - Mark Yeager

Supervising Sound Editors - Geoffrey G. Rubay

and Jason George

Sound Designer - John Pospisil

Sound Effects Editors - John Dunn

and Jon Johnson

Re-Recording Mixers - Michael Semanick

and Tom Myers

Additional Re-Recording Mixer -

Jeffrey J. Haboush

Foley Artists - Sarah Monat

and Robin Harlan
Music - Mark Mothersbaugh

Music Supervisor - Liza Richardson

Score Mixer - John Kurlander


Review
I have seen a few animated series that Genndy Tartakovsky created for Cartoon Network, like Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory, the first Clone Wars series, and Sym Bionic Titan. I knew he would direct a movie. But after failed attempts, he finally got his wish. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA has the most laughter, but I didn't get some jokes. One thing that I want to check on is the voice acting. I'll start with Selena Gomez, who's not as bad as Miley Cyrus, but I'm glad she replaced her for the role of Mavis. I knew Adam Sandler would act so over-the-top as Dracula, but he does tend to go dramatic in a few scenes. One thing I find interesting about TRANSYLVANIA is the use of the word 'racist', which was unheard of in an animated kids' movie.

Sure, it was Tartakovsky's first film that he had done. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA is a spooky and entertaining feature, but make sure you see it on the big screen.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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