Tooth: Uma Fada Diferente

Remembering my own childhood test for the existence of the Tooth Fairy by secretly placing an old baby tooth under my pillow and NOT finding it replaced by money in the morning, I hope the title of this new film "Tooth" does not stop dentist-phobes from taking themselves and their children to see this irreverent and very funny film about the battle between good and evil, social class, and industrial efficiency at the interface of the Real World and the Magic World. These fairies are not Tinkerbell or Lang's fairies in pastel tones. These fairies--such as Fat, Bitter, Stutter, Chef, Professor, and Tango Fairy--have more in common with Willy Wonka, without the meanness. These are not the fairies at the bottom of the garden but ones passing in the Real World who must rediscover their magical purposes. In this story, the Age of Man is resisted by the Age of Magic, successfully at least for a while with the help of ordinary human heroes: children and their parents. The look of the film is lush and the well-done characters are comic commentaries on modern times (e.g, Mrs. Claus using a shiny motorized scooter for the aged and infirm).

This kind of kids film should be left to Hollywood. They know how to do them properly, and are willing to cough up an adequate budget.

Tooth has been made on a shoestring and it shows. Its been shot on what appears to be an abandoned airfield in Essex using whatever was left lying around as props; and while its quite clearly set in England, the cast of British actors are forced to adopt feeble American accents and pretend the whole farrago's taking place in some nameless US city.

I assume the producers imagine this will make it saleable to the Americans.

The story's about a Tooth Fairy called Tooth and her quest to bring back the magic that the fairies have lost, but the writers clearly aren't convinced that's a strong enough storyline because they've chucked Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny into the mix to create a confusing, patchwork plot that's neither rewarding nor entertaining.

Harry Enfield's the star of this mess, and he's about as funny as Steve Martin is these days.

I thought kids films of this quality vanished with Screen Test and The Childrens Film Foundation - clearly I was wrong.

I would like to issue a little warning: beware of the positive remarks about this "film" (for lack of a better word) on the user comments page.. they all seem to have come from either the same source or from someone who has never submitted a review before, thus proving my theory that they all come from some non-too-subtle publicist. And that goes for the message board too. Tooth is flopping quite nicely at the UK box office due to it's appalling acting, cheapo special effects and gut-wrenching sentimental moments, and I'd hate to see even one person fooled into going because of one sad person's efforts (Who probably hasn't even sat through this pig-sty of a movie). Thank you. That is all.

Tooth is one of the best films of the year the film is about a fairy who gives a little girl a load of money.And the tooth fairy comany goose mad.And its all down to a fairy called Tooth played by Yasmin Page .I loved this film so much it is realy funny to i hope there will be a tooth 2.This film is a great family film and every one would love it.It is one of the best film i have seen this year.

Given its subject, it's apt that this utterly charmless mockery of a children's film is as much fun as a backstreet root canal.

It fancies itself a 'fantastic star-studded British fairy tale comedy', positing a mischievous tooth fairy called, er, Tooth who despairs that her kind have traded magic for technology, makes Fairytopia bankrupt two days before Christmas and sets off to find Mrs Santa Claus to relearn the old ways while a team of fairy-hunters try to catch her.

For 'star-studded' you get Harry Enfield, Richard E Grant, Stephen Fry and Vinnie Jones mugging through the bitter syrup as if they were in a school play, for 'British' read 'set in the USA with shoddy accents' and as for 'comedy' ... well, don't wait up.

Amazingly, the publicity claims: '... kids across the land will be shutting their eyes tightly and wishing for a visit from Tooth ...'. Yeah, and they also love eating Brussels sprouts, doing logorithms and going to bed early in the summer.

If you really love your kids, keep them off the harmful sugar and additives – and that's the Tooth of the matter.