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There's never been a
tooth fairy movie
made. I take that
back,
Darkness Falls
was kind of a tooth
fairy movie. Only
the acting was more
scary than the plot.
Dwayne Johnson and
Fox have remedied
the tooth fairy
travesty with a
title appropriately
called
The
Tooth Fairy.
In
the flick, Johnson
stars as Derek
Thompson. A stud
hockey player turned
into a sideshow
attraction for a
minor league hockey
team. When signing
autographs after a
game a young fan
hits a nerve with
Thompson and the pro
absolutely shatters
the young fan's
dream. You see,
Thompson has a knack
for that type of
thing. He doesn't
believe in dreams
and when he has the
audacity to tell a
child that the tooth
fairy doesn't
exist... he upsets
the department of
tooth fairies and
gets sentenced to a
couple of weeks of
fairy duty. Johnson
finds his way
through life and
sees the error of
his past actions in
the end. No, that's
not the entire story
but that's the
basis. It's a family
film. Thompson was a
jerk, he got tossed
in with a little
magic, then he's not
a jerk anymore.
The
Tooth Fairy
is a fun family
film. Johnson has
always been good at
playing an
egocentric jock from
his early years in
professional
wrestling. He was
great at pulling
that string with the
crowd. In
The
Tooth Fairy
he
plays the part of a
big fish in a little
pond excellently.
He's supposed to be
full of himself and
Johnson pushes that
across. Johnson
pulls this off
despite a few
terrible spots in
the script in the
beginning of the
movie. Let's just
say that puns
shouldn't be used in
a hockey setting to
prove a point. Even
if it's a family
film. Billy Crystal
and Julie Andrews
help out
The
Tooth Fairy
with a couple of
small roles. Andrews
is the head Tooth
Fairy... she's
management. Crystal
plays Jerry, he's in
research and
development of the
department and he
invents all of the
tools that the
fairies use to
accomplish their
task.
On
the Blu-Ray copy of
the movie there are
a few key extras,
most of them are
designed (and
appropriately so)
for kids. It also
comes with some nice
packaging that
includes a Blu-Ray
copy of the movie, a
DVD, and a Digital
Copy.
The Tooth Fairy
might not have been
the most ambitious
movie but it's an
operative family
film that everyone
can enjoy. There are
some stale moments
in the script but
they don't last long
and an able cast
gets things on track
when needed. Plus
Dwayne Johnson is
starting to replace
Samuel l. Jackson in
the 'hey that guy's
in everything'
category and that
can be appreciated
too. Not great but
good, it's for the
family the first
time, for the kids
the next ten times,
and it's a welcome
addition to your Blu-Ray
library.
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