The last thing you see before the title card for "Hotel Transylvania: Transformania" drops at the end of the movie is a character shrugging with a smile as if to say, "It is what it is." It's a pretty good summation of the film itself.
The fourth and final installment of a long-running 3DCG monster franchise, "Transformania" delivers what most viewers would expect from a "Hotel Transylvania" film: frenetic energy, physical comedy and Dracula learning another lesson about acceptance.
This time around, the film also has some meta elements that its young intended audience likely will not notice nor care too much about. A story about being ready to pass the torch, "Transformania" sees Genndy Tartakovsky — who directed the first three "Hotel Transylvania" films — hand over directing duties to Derek Drymon and Jennifer Kluska. Tartakovsky, known best for his work in TV animation, co-wrote the screenplay with Amos Vernon and Nunzio Randazzo.
