Don't listen to the critics! This movie is amazing!

Rating: 8/10 (4 May 2015)

This movie really is a breath of fresh air, it's just so much fun to watch and you find yourself gripped the whole way through because the characters you really enjoy. Indeed some of the jokes do fall down, but other than that, the fast pacing, the constant movement, the acting and the general tone of the whole thing is just a ton of fun to watch!
So what's the pickle? After the death of his wife, Dracula opens up a hotel in Transylvania for all the ghouls and monsters to come and relax at away from the fear of humans, whilst at the same time trying to manage his daughter's leaving home at the sprightly young age of 180 (I remember that age well, not nearly as exciting). Anyway, Dracula is rumbled when a backpacker comes across the hotel, and it's up to the famous creature of the night to keep him hidden whilst also running a hotel and managing his daughter.
To be honest, there's very little you can say about this film because there's really just so much to enjoy. The animation and design of the characters is fun to watch and great to look at, and the pacing is done so quickly that you can't help but laugh at the physical humour because there's so much going on at once! The problem however comes with some of the verbal jokes, which do fall down in places. I mean they're not particularly bad, but they don't exactly make you laugh either. But the rest of the humour in this movie is very, very good!
The story as well is also quite a unique tale, especially the story revolving around Dracula and his daughter, which makes you feel for and understand their plight and why they're so reluctant to come into contact with Humans.
Other than that though this movie is a million flavours of fun to watch, being fast, witty, clever in places, with fantastic characters, animation and design, and just generally being amazingly pleasant to watch!