Movie #182 Teeth *2007*

Jess Weixler - Dawn
John Hensley - Brad
Hale Appleman - Tobey
Mitchell Lichtenstein (Director)

I have been waiting to see this little gem of a movie for quite a while now.  Let's see...how do I describe the plot...hummmm..oh yeah, it's about a woman that has teeth in her vagina.

That's right, teeth in her vagina.  To expand it is about a teenage woman that is a proponent of abstinence.  She leads speeches at schools to encourage other kids to wait for sex.  She then fall for one of the guys that attends these speeches and decides to break their vow.  It is a precautionary tale of epic portions.

The problem with this movie is that it too removed from reality and it utter and complete lack of subtly.  For example:  Dawn lives in a home that is 2 blocks from a Simpson-esque nuclear power plant.  Gee, do you think that her mutataion has something to do with an exposure to some type of nuclear radio activity?  I do, because the film makes it a point to show the twin stacks about 20 times.  Also she has a step brother who is a total prick.  But he is so over the top that it isn't realist and therefore (as a viewer) I don't care about what happens to him or happens to the people he does things too.

I am not saying that I need a more realistic portrait of a woman with a toothed va jay jay, but I need to become emotionally invested in her story and struggles.  When I am purposed with ridiculous scene after , ridiculous scene I see behind the curtain and loose my connection to the plot.  This film is constantly winking at its audience.  So you just have to go with it.  It has to be a laughable endeavor.  And that is how I took it.

This movie and its director showed a lot of promise.  As did its lead actor Jess Weixler.  I hope she get more and larger roles.  I thought she was playing it straight most of the movie and it worked for her.  Both the brother and the pair of boyfriends were just characters.  The script here is tight and trying to do more than the final product shows.  The director was also the writer, but it is as if he just decided to scrap a solid horror / sci-fi script and make a screwball sex comedy.  Too bad

All in all I had a good time watching this film.  It isn't often that I take the time to watch a stupid comedy.  But I am glad that I did and I am glad that I got to see it with the company that I did.  I give Teeth ★★1/2.  Check out the Trailer Park to see for yourself.