Frankenstein (Brad Abrell, taking over for Kevin James) enjoys being human since he now looks more handsome than he did when he was a bolt-necked corpse monster, but his wife Eunice (Fran Drescher) prefers the old Frank.Ī similarly low-stakes tension motivates Johnny and Drac’s quest to restore the franchise’s status quo: Dracula tries and often fails to get along with Johnny, despite Johnny’s best efforts. Wayne’s considerable brood of werewolf puppies don’t recognize their dad as a human, while Griffin the invisible man (David Spade) has an unsightly body and a very pale behind. They also don’t really advance the plot since they’re only kinda uncomfortable with their newfound human attributes. Thankfully, the Drac Pack never really gets in the way of Dracula and Johnny’s amusing South American jungle adventure.
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Unlike the last few movies, “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” has more side characters than the creators of most animated series would know what to do with, particularly Ericka and her cranky great-grandfather Van Helsing (Jim Gaffigan). Like the previous movies, “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” glides by without belaboring its general theme of accepting your family for who they are. The two are followed and inevitably joined by the rest of the Drac Pack, led by Mavis and by Dracula’s doting monster-hunter wife Ericka Van Helsing (Kathryn Hahn).
A typically klutzy but eager Johnny tries to win over his father-in-law by transforming into a goofy-looking dragon and leading an expedition to remote South America, home of the only known cure for Dracula’s and Johnny’s respective transformations. Through a series of contrived and ultimately negligible missteps, Dracula and his “Drac Pack” friends, including Murray the Mummy (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wayne the Werewolf (Steve Buscemi), are transformed into unhappy humans by a magical whatsit. “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” starts with a sappy affirmation of the series’ domestic focus - a wistful Drac slow-dances with his daughter Mavis (Selena Gomez) to a slightly modified version of “Just the Two of Us” - but soon becomes a showcase for monster gags and the series’ celebrity voice-actor cast. And while “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” pilfers the same graveyard that spawned the previous three entries, it’s still a perfectly enjoyable rehash of those earlier movies’ successes. Tartakovsky and his co-creators’ knack for visual gags and their love of cartoon physics distinguish the “Hotel Transylvania” movies, which perennially follow the goofy and over-protective Count Dracula (previously voiced by Adam Sandler, now Brian Hull) as he and his monster buddies struggle to accept Drac’s hippie-ish human son-in-law Johnny (Andy Samberg).
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It’s also the first “Hotel Transylvania” movie to not be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (“Dexter’s Laboratory,” “Samurai Jack”) - Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska take the reins - though Tartakovsky has a story and a co-writer credit (along with Nunzio Randazzo and Amos Vernon). The company says that “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” will be the fourth and final movie in the kid-friendly fantasy series. “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” proves yet again the durability and well-crafted nature of Sony’s animated monster-adventure comedies.
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