Tooth Fairy

Tooth Fairy is, well, to put it bluntly, pretty boring. I wasn't crazy to go see this movie and I wasn't completely avoiding it. I can't say I hated it, because I didn't. I also can't say I loved it and you should go see it while it's in the movie theaters. Tooth Fairy stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Derek Thompson, a hockey player in the minor leagues after a huge hit in the majors dropped him down into the minors. He's dating a woman named Carly (Ashley Judd). Carly has two kids, a twelve year old boy and a six year old girl who believe in the tooth fairy. Derek never believed in that kind of stuff so he tells this innocent, sweet little girl that there's no tooth fairy (well sort of). Doing that, he receives a summons from the council of the tooth fairies. There, he meets up with a fairy named Tracy (and I know this is going to sound ludicrous, he is a guy) who in my opinion, is the funniest actor and the best in this whole movie, with the exception of Billy Crystal who is only in the movie for about 7 minutes tops. Derek then finds out being a tooth fairy isn't that easy. All in all, this movie isn't worth nine or ten dollars for each person in your group. Then again, there are some laughs that are pretty well worth it (pretty much all of them come from Tracy). Not terrible, not great. It kind of hurts me to see Dwayne Johnson doing these types of films when he has grown into being a pretty good comedic actor. I hope to see him in better.

Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Director:Michael Lembeck
Actors: Dwayne Johnson (Derek Thompson), Stephen Merchant (Tracy)
Release: Wide
DVD Release: TBD
Recap: C

Photo Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox.