SYNOPSIS:
Dwayne Johnson stars as Derek Thompson, one of the toughest
hockey players around -- until he's sentenced to one week's
hard labor as the world's most unlikely tooth fairy! Even though
he must sport frilly wings and learn the magical tricks of the
trade from his silver-winged superiors (Julie Andrews and Billy
Crystal), Derek's determined to do the job HIS way and prove
he's got what it takes!
MOVIE REVIEW:
It’s
depressing enough to see Dwayne Johnson in yet again, a family
comedy but watching the wrestler/actor formerly known as "The
Rock" dressed up in a ballerina tutu for the sake of
slapstick got to be the last nail in the coffin.
Dwayne
Johnson stars as Derek Thompson, a has-been hockey player
whose only ability left in the ring is to smash his opponents’
teeth. His private life consists of nothing else besides acting
as a 'vampire' to amuse his girlfriend’s young daughter,
Tess and trying hard to bond with her pre-teen son, Randy.
By refusing to acknowledge the presence of 'tooth fairies'
after Tess lost her tooth, he is magically issued a summoned
by the head fairy, Lily (Julie Andrews) to serve as a tooth
fairy for two weeks as punishment.
If you look closer at the credits, you wouldn’t
believe the script needs five scribers to churn out. No offence,
I’m sure each one of them is equipped with at least
a general Degree and a good sense of humour but it seems no
one has the creativity to come up with something that doesn’t
look liked its roll out from the conveyor belt.
Like
any other similar Walden Media or Disney productions, "Tooth
Fairy" has a well-meaning message. Heard of never giving
up on your dreams? Yes? Then that’s about concluding
the review. No? Okay you are permitted to read on how predictable
and cliché-ridden "Tooth Fairy" is.
Dwayne
Johnson who has amassed screen credits as a tough-guy persona
with movies liked "Doom", "Walking Tall"
and "The Rundown" seems to take the easy route to
his fat paycheck in recent times. Flashing his usual grin
and set of white teeth, kids will embraced him as the fumbling
tooth fairy and his struggling with shrinking paste, invisible
spray and amnesia dust on his missions.
Despite that, the comedy here is pretty uneven
as some of the gags and dialogs go on far too long notably
the exchange between Thompson and the gadget fairy, Jerry
(a cameo by Billy Crystal) that I doubt kids will have the
patience to sit through. I know the filmmakers wanted to maximize
Crystal’s screentime but his stints at the Oscars are
actually much funnier.
If
you notice, you would have realized I used kids as a reference
and the target audience throughout my review. Believe me,
I doubt adults will be much amused by Johnson’s antics
or the appearances of Ashley 'what-happen-to-her' Judd or
Julie 'The Sound of Music' Andrews.
But
play this disc to your kids and tell them always to follow
their dreams. As for me, seriously I rather be summoned by
the Department of Dissemination of Disbelief to serve my duty
as tooth fairy than watch this all over again.
SPECIAL FEATURES :
Are
your ready for some exercise? Then the Tooth Fairy
Training Center will be the perfect exercise regime
for you and your little ones. You can sing along with Dwayne
Johnson and Stephen Merchant in the embarrassing Sing
Along with "Fairy-oke". A two minutes plus
not-so-funny Gag Reel and six Deleted
Scenes with optional commentary by Director Michael
Lembeck round up the DVD extras.
AUDIO/VISUAL:
The
DVD transfer is crisp and clear, generally the picture looks
rather good. Likewise, the sound while never that overwhelming
holds up well with nice sound effects especially during the
hockey matches.
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by Linus Tee
Posted
on 24 May 2010
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