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Box Office Mom: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Skyscraper

Our Box Office Mom Jackie Solberg shares her reviews for 2 news movies.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Rating: 4 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets

Release Date: July 13 , 2018

MPAA Rating: PG

Best Age Group: 8+

Sexual Content: Mild

Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate

Crude or Profane Language: Mild

Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

Will Kids Like It? Yes

Poor Dracula (Adam Sandler)....he's very sad and lonely while coordinating another monster wedding. Though Dracula was very busy with his hotel business, he realizes that all of his close friends have significant others - everyone but him. He even tries online dating but decides that's not for him. Things change when his half-human daughter, Mavis ( Selena Gomez), plans a family vacation to give her dad the break he desperately needs. So Dracula, Mavis, and the gang head to a luxury monster cruise to Atlantis for a fun getaway. Dracula finds love at first sight when he sees the human captain of the cruise, Ericka (Kathryn Hahn). The only problem is that Ericka is not as sweet as she appears to be. She is part of the Van Helsing family. This family has been trying to kill Dracula and all the monsters for hundreds of years. Sadly, that's Erika's plan as well. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the third film in the Hotel Transylvania series.

Talking Points:

Sexual Content: Mild

• Dracula uses a monster dating app to look for online dates.

• Flirting.

• Characters talk about "zinging," which means love at first sight in monster talk.

• We see an elderly vampire in a revealing bathing suit.

Violent/Disturbing Content: Moderate

• In the beginning of the film we see a flashback where character's use weapons such as ray guns. We also see fights, chase scenes and crashes.

• A character is almost impaled.

• A large and scary sea creature starts to attack all the monsters and nearly kills everyone.

• A little werewolf bites off Frankenstein's finger.

• Most of the violence is shown in a comedic way.

Crude or Profane Language: Mild

• The vampires are "garlic intolerant," so we hear some fart jokes.

Drug and Alcohol Content: Mild

• Character's drink champagne.

Will Kids Like It? Yes

Overall this is a fun and entertaining film. Parents need to be aware of the moderate violence.

Skyscraper

Rating: 2 and 1/2 out of 5 popcorn buckets

Release Date: July 13 , 2018

MPAA Rating: PG13

Best Age Group: 13+

Sexual Content: None

Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

Drug and Alcohol Content: None

Will Kids Like It? No

William (Will) Sawyer (Dwayne Johnson), a former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran, changes his career and now assesses security for skyscrapers. He gets the contract to evaluate the world's tallest building which is being constructed in Hong Kong. With his family in an upper level hotel of the skyscraper, Will gets a tour of the 300 story steel, glass, and titanium building to determine if the building is safe and secure. The thing Will doesn't know is that a terrorist group is plotting to set the building on fire. So now Will not only needs to secure the new and amazing skyscraper, but he must rescue his family who are trapped inside.

Talking Points:

Sexual Content: None

Violent/Disturbing Content: Excessive

  • Characters shoot one another with guns, there is a lot of fighting with punching and kicking.
  • Stabbing with scissors.
  • Explosions.
  • Children in peril throughout the film.
  • We see bloody open wounds. One character removes a shard of metal from his body.

Crude or Profane Language: Moderate

  • We hear "f--k," "h-ll," "d-mn," and "sh-t."

Drug and Alcohol Content: None

Will Kids Like It? No

Overall this an action packed suspenseful drama. This is not the typical family friendly Dwayne Johnson film. Parents need to be aware of excessive and disturbing violence throughout the movie.

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