2010 · comedy · family · fantasy
Tooth Fairy
Directed by Michael Lembeck1h 41m2010
When minor-league hockey player Derek Thompson -- who has a penchant for knocking out his opponents' teeth every time he plays -- disillusions a fan, he is sentenced to a stint for one week as a bona fide, tutu-clad, real-life tooth fairy. Soon, Derek is inspired to rekindle his youthful dreams.
Our read: Tooth Fairy (2010) reads as a cosy, kinetic, surreal comedy · family · fantasy entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / family, surreal in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- inventive
- redemptive
- tender
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How Tooth Fairy feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want easy family fantasy with Dwayne Johnson in wings and tutu.”
Skip it tonight — You cannot tolerate goofy sports-dad humiliation played for kids.
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