IGN gave the film score of 7.6 out of 10 , saying , " '' Hotel Transylvania 3 : Summer Vacation '' is mostly funny , BLAH-blah-BLAH ! " Conversely , Scott Tobias of '' Variety '' gave the film a negative review , stating , " That leaves '' Hotel Transylvania 3 '' to look too much like another lackadaisical gathering of Sandler and his frequent on-screen chums , like a PG-rated '' Grown Ups '' at sea . They seem like the ones taking the vacation , and it 's audiences who are left to pick up the tab . " Brian Tallerico of ''RogerEbert.com '' wrote , " Trust me , I know that " storytelling " is not the main reason that kids go to third films in a franchise — I have two of my own that love this particular series — but I 'm speaking more to the adults who have to pay for the ticket and waste their time here . Kids go for the familiar faces , repeated jokes , and comfortable world they feel they know . '' Hotel Transylvania 3 '' gets enough of that right to allow it to stand above the truly abysmal summer animated offerings of recent years ( I 'm looking at you , '' The Nut Job 2 '' and '' The Emoji Movie '' ) . It 's not that bad . It 's more forgettable than painful . When it was over , I asked my 9-year-old what he would give it . He replied , " I would give it 4 stars but I 'm a kid . I 'd probably give it 3 if I were an adult . " Not quite . " Brian Lowry of CNN wrote , " Creatively , though , unlike the best animated franchises , whatever sense of discovery , surprise or ingenuity that '' Hotel Transylvania '' originally offered appears pretty well behind it . That might not mean it 's checkout time just yet , but all that seems left is to dig up the pieces , stitch them together , and flip the " on " switch . " Scott Mendelson of '' Forbes '' gave the film a positive review , saying " '' Hotel Transylvania 3 '' feels less like a narrative sequel and more like a casual " episode of the week " animated adventure . When you can watch the TV show at home , the movies must be relative events . This one feels less like an inspired PG-rated , kid-friendly distillation of Sandler 's comedy than an animated version of his ( comparatively ) lazy studio comedies where he and his regular castmates go on a vacation on the studio 's dime . The movie looks great , there are a few chuckles , and the kids may enjoy it . But compared to its predecessors , '' Hotel Transylvania 3 '' is mostly blah ( blah blah ) . " Jamie Righetti of '' IndieWire '' wrote , " With plenty of laughs , truly dazzling animation , and some more of the franchise 's signature dance sequences , '' Hotel Transylvania 3 : Summer Vacation '' is a summer treat worth savoring , and a reminder that if we can see past our differences , we 'll find we 're not that different after all . " Chris Nashawaty from '' Entertainment Weekly '' gave the film a B - , saying " The harmless high jinks all go down easily enough without being particularly memorable or pushing the art form past the expected . Three movies in , the '' Hotel Transylvania '' series is undeniably getting a bit long in the fang . It 's maybe one more sequel away from having a stake mercifully driven through its heart . Still , it 's hard to argue with the sight of an airplane piloted by mischievous gremlins or the film 's benign messages of the importance of family and love conquering all . I may have spent large stretches of the film rolling my eyes , but my 5-year-old twins ' attention never flagged . Even if , in their eyes , '' Summer Vacation '' was no '' Lego Movie '' . Then again , for them , nothing could be . " Rafer Guzmán of '' Newsday '' stated , " In the end , the noisy humor and classic rock songs drown out whatever worthy messages '' Hotel Transylvania 3 '' might offer . " Geoffrey Macnab of '' The Independent '' gave it 2 out of 5 stars , saying " In its scattergun way , parts of the film are funny and very inventive . The hitch is that the storytelling feels so utterly random . All sorts of unrelated ideas are thrown together into the big , sloppy , monster mash of a plot as the cruise continues . The end message , namely that monsters and humans are n't that different and really ought to learn to get along , is sanctimonious in the extreme . Maybe it is time to put a stake through the heart of this particular franchise . " The People 's Choice Awards nominated the film in the category " Favorite Family Movie "
People 's Choice Awards
44th People's Choice Awards
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation