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# Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Sep 11, 2025 | Rated 3 out of 5 | Dir. Genndy Tartakovsky

Watch this to be a Gendry completionist (and also because of Blank Check). I had rock bottom expectations for this movie, and it ended up being moderately funny. Dialogue not so much, but visual sight gags??? very much so.

Adam Sandler is giving a voice performance of a lifetime. It’s unrecognizable. I’m not surprised they were replaced him for the third one though…

Also on [Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/joekarlsson/film/hotel-transylvania/)

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