Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is available in Australia on Netflix and BINGE, and in the US on Netflix right now. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 4,728 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Adam Sandler's performance alone is worth the time investment. Start it on Netflix whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is worth clearing space for. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Dracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster slayer. The chemistry Adam Sandler and Kathryn Hahn bring to it does a lot of the heavy lifting. It hit screens in 2018. The timing in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is precise enough that even the throwaway lines land on a second watch. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in one sitting, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Adam Sandler anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.