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A young tooth fairy called Tooth gives away a guzillion dollars
and bankrupts Christmas and all of Fairytopia. When she finds
out how much trouble she's in, she realises the only person
who can help her is the one and only Mrs Santa Claus who disappeared
over 100 years ago. She enlists the help of Tom and Tolly
Wallit to retrieve the money and help her find Mrs Claus.
But a fairy hunter is hot on Tooth's tail and if he succeeds
in showing the world that fairies exist their whole society
could disappear...
You
may have noticed that I have credited the main actors in Tooth
in the "Starring" section above. The reason I point
this out is because all of the packaging and pre-press material
prominently displays the fact that this movie stars: "Harry
Enfield, Vinnie Jones and Stephen Fry"...
The
real stars of this movie are Yasmin
Paige (Tooth), Harry Enfield (Plug) and Sally Philips (Mom).
Paige is well cast as the roguish fairy who just wants to
bring a spark to her dull working environment. Enfield is
a little over the top as the villain of the movie, but he
just manages to stay this side of credible. And Philips is
great as Mrs Wallit.
Okay,
Harry Enfield was certainly present, but Vinnie Jones and
Stephen Fry... Well their joined screen time amounted to less
than a minute. In fact, I don't even think Stephen Fry spoke
- if he did it was one line.
But
the thing which really stuck in my throat - and made this
movie a bitter pill to swallow - was the fact that despite
this being a UK movie, it uses too many Americanisms in order
to make it more palatable to the US market. What am I talking
about? Well, Sally Philips character is called Mom and not
Mum, when the Tooth Fairies exchange money for the children's'
teeth they pay them in dollars, and finally there are a whole
string of Americanisms thrown into the dialogue "Trailer
park trash" being just one example.
What
is the point of making a UK based movie, casting UK actors,
setting it in the UK and then catering first and foremost
to an American audience? Oh yes, that's right money! How could
I forget. This is, at heart, an American movie which just
happens to have a UK cast.
Apparently
the DVD includes a number of extras. However the review DVD
we were sent had no extras at all - so obviously I can't comment
on them. But, if you are interested, these include the
movie trailer, celebrity cast and crew interviews and a 'making
of' documentary.
This
film will certainly appeal to the young and there is just
about enough adult jokes to keep the older generation from
falling asleep.
Nick
Smithson
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