No ones ever going to compare SonysHotel Transylvaniafilms to Pixars top-shelf animated gems at least, not favorably.
But there are worse ways to keep your kids busy on a rainy afternoon.
Busy being the operative word in the latest installment in this monster-mash franchise.

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Not all of the rat-a-tat gags stick.
Can attraction overcome family tensions on this macabre Love Boat?
Take a wild guess.
From there, it pretty much coasts downhill.
Three movies in, theHotel Transylvaniaseries is undeniably getting a bit long in the fang.
Its maybe one more sequel away from having a stake mercifully driven through its heart.
Even if, in their eyes,Summer Vacationwas noLego Movie.
Then again, for them, nothing could be.B-