17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I believe..., July 1, 2010
Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson dressed up as a fairy has got to be one of the more ridiculous images in recent movie history. That's just one of the things that makes
Tooth Fairy hilarious. The movie is filled with witty (and sometimes corny) humor. The plot and character development also feel pretty natural. Indeed, even though the plot device of a boyfriend trying to win the love of his girlfriend's children has been used far too many times, it didn't feel stale.
Meanwhile, the toothfairy "kingdom" or whatever had a great combination of magic and sass. It's set up kind of like MI6 from James Bond - Julie Andrews even acts as the head tooth fairy. At the end of the day, it's kind of like
The Santa Clause - but with wings and an attitude.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Madison's Review, February 5, 2010
A Kid's Review
/ Warning - may spoil the ending /
I am eleven years old, and I love to watch movies and the latest one I seen was The Tooth Fairy.
The reason why I like The Tooth Fairy because there is a lot of humor in this movie and the man has to be the tooth fairy for hurting his girlfriend's daughter's dreams, and he has to serve as a tooth fairy for that one reason. He has to learn the ways of being a tooth fairy, and to survive you got to handle the tooth.
It was really good, and I do not know why the critics gave it a C+ because I would have given it an A+. You should see it at least once or twice at the movie theater.
I love the special effects they did in the movie like how they made him look like he was tiny, and when he was on the kids bed about to put the tooth under his pillow it looked so real, and I do not know how they do it but that is how they make it look so real because if you knew how they made everything and that would spoil how they make it.
The movie is about a guy who has to be a tooth fairy and he can not let anyone know and he has to learn the ways and all the gadgets to use like the shrinking paste, invisibility spray, and amnesia dust, and etc. At the end when his time is up being the tooth fairy they have to make him forget he was the tooth fairy and while he was at his girlfriend's son's talent show during the song he asked her to marry him. "Awwwwwwwww."
At the end he learns true character and true heart.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Tooth Fairy Review, July 21, 2010
TOOTH FAIRY
STARRING: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant, Ryan Sheckler, Chase Ellison, Destiny Whitlock, Seth MacFarlane, Julie Andrews and Billy Crystal
WRITTEN BY: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Joshua Sternin, Jeffrey Ventimilia, Randi Mayem Singer and Jim Piddock
DIRECTED BY: Michael Lembeck
Rated: PG
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 22 January 2010
Review Date: 18 February 2010
Nearly all of Dwayne Johnson's movies have been enjoyable, but this is the first time he's shown talent with acting. I've gotta say, he was pretty darn good in Tooth Fairy.
Johnson plays Derek, a professional hockey player with the nickname `The Tooth Fairy' which he was given for knocking out so many teeth on the ice. It's more than annoying in movies like this, where we know the character will eventually become the tooth fairy, and for some reason they feel the need to previously deem him with a strictly on the nose nickname; kind of like Tim Allen's character Scott Calvin having the same initials as Santa Clause, if you will. But I'm not a child, so my point here is irrelevant.
When Derek makes an un-wanted comment to his girlfriend's daughter about the tooth fairy not being real, he is sentenced to two weeks of `tooth fairy duty'. This sounds a little ridiculous, but we both know this film isn't aimed at you or me, but at the little ones. So looking at it from their point of view, it's on level with the plot of a great film like The Godfather or Saving Private Ryan, in comparison.
Derek's girlfriend is played by Ashley Judd and the harbinger of Derek's two weeks of doom, is a head fairy of sorts, played by Julie Andrews. There are plenty of humorous shenanigans to be had with Derek trying to cover up the fact that he is a tooth fairy, between his girlfriend and her two kids; which is to be expected.
While in `fairy land', Derek is met by a kind of Q character from the James Bond Franchise. His name is Jerry and he is played by none other, than the legendary Billy Crystal. Thank God he's back! Crystal is as enjoyable as ever, while him and Johnson exchange comedic moments back and forth while Derek is being given his fairy `instruments'; dog and cat repellent, magic fairy dust that will shrink you, etc.
Derek is also granted a humorous British side-kick / guardian angel named Tracy (Stephen Merchant). I don't know that I have ever seen this gentleman before, but I'm sure I haven't seen the last of him; he was hilarious. Jerry is a fairy who has been denied his wings and is forced to assist those sentenced to `tooth fairy duty.'
No it's not going to be the best movie of the year; but if you have even a smidgen of a sense of humor, you will at the very least smile.
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