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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91IndieWireJamie RighettiIndieWireJamie RighettiWith plenty of laughs, truly dazzling animation, and some more of the franchise’s signature dance sequences, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is a summer treat worth savoring, and a reminder that if we can see past our differences, we’ll find we’re not that different after all.
- 80TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeHotel Transylvania 3 always goes for the joke and rarely misses.
- 67The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerIt’s pleasantly baffling to discover that not only is Hotel Transylvania 3 easily the best film of the series, but it also feels more at home thematically on a cruise ship than its predecessors did at a haunted Transylvanian castle.
- 60ScreenCrushMatt SingerScreenCrushMatt SingerThe’re not a lot of momentum to Hotel Transylvania 3; this is a children’s film after all. But the character and location designs are inventive and appealing, and there are several memorable set pieces, including a wordless scuba diving sequence that draws heavy inspiration from classic Warner Bros. cartoons.
- 60Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriFor all its frantic eager-to-please-ness, Hotel Transylvania 3 doesn’t quite achieve the blissfully reliable drumbeat of hilarious throwaway gags that the earlier films managed.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe movie flirts with the usual mixed-signals of romantic comedy, but is on much more solid ground with sight gags (as when Drac's jello-like blob friend happily absorbs the slice-and-smash violence Ericka aims at the vampire) and character work that depends less on celebrity voice talent than on body-language animation.
- 50RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoGenndy Tartakovsky brings back all the fan favorites from the previous two films and sets them all on an overcrowded, doomed cruise, but the thin plot feels less engaging than the previous films and the jokes less inspired.
- 40VarietyScott TobiasVarietyScott TobiasTartakovsky’s instincts are to keep the action moving quickly and let one piece of kid-friendly slapstick tumble into the next, but when the jokes are this consistently uninspired, it doesn’t matter how fast they’re dispensed.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s just the jokes that aren’t funny — not even to the supposedly undemanding (very young) audience these films are tailored to.
- 38Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithThere are only so many monster-centric jokes to be made before they become toothless, and only so many ways to preach tolerance before it sounds more like blunt moralizing.