The Tooth Fairy

Movie Review

This hilarious movie tells the story of a negative thinking ice hockey player named Dereck played by Dawayne Johnson, who one night receives summons commanding him to come to Fairyland. While he is reading it, a pair of wings sprout from his back and he is suddenly sitting in a pink tutu and skirt. But he barely got to wonder why he was in this costume ,when he was suddenly standing in a beautiful hall. He was taken to the head fairy’s room and she sorted out his dress and filled him in on what was happening. The head fairy,Lily, played by Julie Andrews who also starred in the all time favourite, Mary Poppins, said that because he told Tess, the daughter of Carly ,his girlfriend, that there was no such thing as tooth fairies,so he had to serve a term as one himself for a week.

He was told that he was guilty of breaking children’s dreams. Dereck tried to convince her to let him off , but she refused. His case-worker, Tracy,played by Stephan Merchant, is a very tall and thin man.He was a bit mean and jealous of the winged fairies since he didn’t have wings but would like a pair. Tracy took Dereck to the flying school so he could learn how to fly.

Dereck got his first assignment, to exchange a tooth for money and bring the tooth back to the head fairy. It is very funny to watch Dereck do the tooth fairy antics . He soon also makes friends with Randy ,Carly’s son. In the next few days, Dereck gets many more assignments and he succeeds in them all. When his term is finished, Lily is pleased with him as he made the children believe in tooth fairies again and she releases him as a tooth fairy and he finally gets to live a normal life.

I personally think that children should believe in tooth fairies but should stop believing in them when they’re four or five years old. I have a very early memory .It was when one of my teeth came out and that night the tooth fairy didn’t come ,so I had to write a letter ,telling the tooth fairy to come and take my tooth and exchange it for money.

And she did come but I know even though I have lost a tooth today ,she isn’t coming !