How far would you go to keep your child safe from harm?
The Story:
Count Dracula (Adam Sandler) is raising his baby girl all alone. He wants to make sure that the humans can never harm his precious little girl. He goes to great lengths to build the safest, most secure castle of all time to keep his sweetheart safe. But on the eve of her 118th birthday, all of the monsters have come to the castle to attend the annual party that he throws. The Invisible Man (David Spade) the Wolfman (Steve Buscemi) and his family as well as Frankenstein (Kevin James) and many others drop by to pay their best wishes to Mavis (Selena Gomez). Her biggest wish is to go out and see the world and see what life is really like out there. Can humans be as awful as her dad makes them out to be? Her mom did fall in love with Dracula after all. So when a human (Andy Samberg) stumbles onto the castle, his very existence threatens the very fabric of all that Dracula has held dear for the last century.
The fact that it's an animated film will scare off most people unless they have kids, then they will wonder, "is it safe for kids?"
The answer to that is: Yes, unless your kid is scared of cartoon monsters.
That Adam Sandler is in it will likely scare off the rest.
Fair enough, he's not everyone's cup of tea.
However, as my loyal audience of readers and my family know, I love Adam Sandler. I will give just about every movie he does a fair chance, and more often than not, I've enjoyed the films in question.
This one is one of the more enjoyable ones.
Remember the review for "That's My Boy" where I said that Sandler was trying to prove that he could still do R Rated material with the best of them, but that he really tried to hard?
This is the opposite. He confines himself to PG family humor, and the effect is a heart-warming crowd-pleaser that works.
Why?
It's a love story.
Forget that, it's actually several love stories, rolled into one.
You have the love of a father for his daughter.
You have the love of a husband for his wife.
You have the love of a daughter for her father, yet wanting to grow up and be seen as an adult.
Then you have a love story of boy meeting girl...
And finding out the girl of your dreams is a vampire.
But it works. It's fun, filled with sight gags and verbal puns galore.
Enjoyed the film, and combine this one with ParaNorman, and I've got a good Halloween double feature of kids films to enjoy this upcoming Halloween season.
Final Grade: B+
Worth Adding to the DVD Collection: Absolutely
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