It really kills me to see Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wasting his talent. Really. He’s got the charisma needed to pull of some great action roles with the 1980s brand of shoot ‘em up humor that’s been missing for about a decade (only to be found in Jason Statham’s Crank films, really).
Michael Lembeck’s Tooth Fairy doesn’t help. The film finds Johnson as a jerk professional ice skater who must repent for his misdeeds by performing the silly and physically painful duties of a tooth fairy, complete with wings. Like The Santa Clause, only with more muscles.
Believe it or not, I wrote that sentence before realizing that Lembeck directed two of those films, so the comparison is valid. Who knows — the film could be surprising family fare, redeemed by a good performance from Johnson. I just hope he tries something new soon. Take a look at the trailer below.
Tooth Fairy will be released on January 22, 2010. Special thanks to CinemaBlend for the trailer:
