Review: TOOTH FAIRY

Do you want the Tooth? You can’t handle the Tooth! Tooth Fairy is a cutesy flick that you can safely take the kiddies to. And lets face it, Dwayne Johnson’s smile could even melt a snowman’s heart!

Derek (Dwayne Johnson) is an angst ridden minor-league hockey player, who is known as the Tooth Fairy because of his hard hits on the ice, and their  ability to knock a tooth out. After a night babysitting his girlfriend’s children (Ashley Judd as Carly), he takes it upon himself to almost kill her daughters dreams about the Tooth Fairy after she lost her tooth. Derek has now been summoned to Fairy World to serve hard time as an actual Tooth Fairy. Outfitted in tights, a tutu, and a magic wand, he must learn the fine art of collecting teeth from pillows. This, of course, is in no way an easy task for this big  brute. Will he embrace the fairy lifestyle, which also means believing in dreams once again, or will he lose it all and continue to crush everyone’s dreams, including his own?

This movie was cute for being a kids movie. It wasn’t the best that I have seen, but it wasn’t the worst. I think the biggest save for the film is that Dwayne Johnson is just plain like-able! Every time he smiles, you can’t help but believe whatever he is saying! He was absolutely perfect for a kids movie, and his animated face makes him entertaining to children.

There were some really cute parts played by  by Billy Crystal, Julie Andrews as Lily, the Head Fairy, and Seth MacFarlane as Ziggy, the fairy who sells black market “stuff”. Ryan Sheckler plays Mick the Stick, a young, new player that starts to out shadow Derek. There is not much to say about Sheckler except that he is NOT a good actor! There is also Tracy (Stephen Merchant), Derek’s case worker. They fight quite a bit, while Tracy also deals with his “wing envy”. Randy and Tess (Chase Ellison and Destiny Whitlock) are the two main children in the film. They are Carly’s kids, and the kids that Derek must try to form relationships with. Randy is the one that Derek is having a hard time relating to. On the plus side, your daughters will love his swoopy hair and guitar playing.

The only thing that was slightly odd was the relationship between Derek and Carly. I’m just going to throw this out there… there was a significant hotness imbalance. I have always thought that Ashley Judd was really pretty, but she looked like crap in this film. There was something with their  chemistry, along with interaction that just did not make sense. Even their kisses looked awkward!

Overall, the film is really cute. I have been a Julie Andrews fan since I was a little girl, and her interactions with Johnson are really entertaining. Like I said in the beginning, it wasn’t the best children’s movie that I have ever seen, but it  definitely  wasn’t the worst. If you are up in the air about whether to go see it, remember this… Dwayne Johnson takes his shirt off… and it IS GOOD!