HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 | FAMILY MOVIE REVIEW INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND KIDS

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"HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2"
(2015) (voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez) (PG)

QUICK TAKE:
Animated Comedy: Worried that his married vampire daughter might move out of the castle to raise her half-human/half vampire son with humans if that's what he turns out to be, Dracula does what he can to make sure his grandson is a bloodsucker like him.

PLOT:
For much of his life, Dracula (voice of ADAM SANDLER) hated humans and did everything to keep his 118-year-old daughter, Mavis (voice of SELENA GOMEZ), sheltered from them in his Transylvania hotel for monsters. But she ended up falling for Jonathan (voice of ANDY SAMBERG), an American backpacker with a surfer dude attitude. Now, years later, those two are married with a nearly five-year-old son, Dennis (voice of ASHER BLINKOFF). Dracula loves the kid, but is worried he might lean more toward being human than vampire. Accordingly, Dracula arranges for Jonathan to take Mavis to his hometown of Santa Cruz while he babysits and makes sure Dennis' fangs drop before he turns five.
And he tries to do that by having his friends -- Frankenstein (voice of KEVIN JAMES), werewolf Wayne (voice of STEVE BUSCEMI), Murray the mummy (voice of KEEGAN MICHAEL KEY) and Griffin (voice of DAVID SPADE), the invisible man -- show the boy what being a monster is all about. Unfortunately, they're all rusty at doing that, and even the vampire camp Dracula attended as a kid has gone soft. When Mavis gets wind of what her dad is trying to do, she returns home in a huff. Complicating matters is that she's invited Dracula's human-hating vampire father, Vlad (voice of MEL BROOKS), to Dennis' birthday party that will be attended by Jonathan, his parents, and other humans.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
If they enjoyed the first film, they probably will.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG
For some scary images, action and rude humor

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