Deeply touching drama with great acting (special mention for the young Louise Mauroy-Panzani) and use of animation.
Nonetheless it feels like the film would have benefit from putting more attention into the feelings of the biological children.
With an outrageous but hilarious premise and a perfect performance by Lazare Gousseau, this comedy mixes perfectly its humour with more artsy sequences.
Nonetheless its dramatic elements feel more empty and concludes in a too predictable way.
It has a nice wrapping with Cage covering the comedic horror, and Hoult and Awkwafina the ludicrous gory action.
On the other hand, it lacks substance being quite over the place with multiple underdeveloped storylines which become uninteresting: Renfield’s co-dependence, Dracula’s world domination, Rebecca’s work and family issues, and the mobsters and their shady business.
Simply entertaining. Nothing else.
Nice look into the idea of tourists believing themselves to be above the law of the hosting country.
The beating score provides a great feel of impending doom and perversion tight from the start.
Unfortunately, the first act is so good and detailed that makes the rest of the film, and in particular its twists, quite predictable.
Nevertheless, its attractive visuals, either via traditional framing or kaleidoscopic sequences, keeps you quite attentive to what is happening on the screen.
When it does not self indulge on its own cheesiness (via songs or filmmaking choices), this is a very entertaining warm-hearted little film with really good acting and a simple but effective and fun script that manages pretty solidly to mix the world of high-school movies and sci-fi.
