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Tooth Fairy
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36 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 24
  3. Negative: 10 out of 24
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Lael Loewenstein
    70
    Scores a goal for kids and adults alike.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    63
    Tooth Fairy is cute. Which is to say that Dwayne Johnson is cute. How could anybody with the body of Arnold Schwarzenegger (circa 1984) and the smile of Cameron Diaz not be, especially when dressed -- albeit briefly -- in a pink tutu?
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ethan Alter
    60
    Dwayne Johnson's energetic performance enlivens an otherwise by-the-numbers family comedy.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Missy Schwartz
    58
    British comic Stephen Merchant (Extras), exudes an easier charm as a goofy fairyland caseworker who harbors big dreams of his own.
  5. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    There's no way I can recommend this movie to anyone much beyond the Tooth Fairy Believement Age, but I must testify it's pleasant and inoffensive, although the violence in the hockey games seems out of place.
  6. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Amy Biancolli
    50
    Tooth Fairy would be substantially less likable without Johnson's native-born flair for self-abasement.
  7. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Stephen Cole
    50
    Sorry to disappoint anyone who saw the cast list of this film and presumed Julie Andrews was going to play the horrific serial killer Tooth Fairy from the Hannibal Lecter movies.
  8. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Calvin Wilson
    50
    The comedy is so lame that the whole enterprise comes across as depressing.
  9. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    50
    Focus. Tooth Fairy isn't as bad as you may have feared. It's not all that good, either, but at least it's possible to sit through it and hold down your popcorn.
  10. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    42
    For a bad, broad comedy, Tooth Fairy boasts a surprising number of positives. Which isn't to say that it's good, but it could be much, much worse.
  11. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    40
    Tooth Fairy's script -- which was written by five people -- is lousy, and the direction, by Michael Lembeck, is weak.
  12. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Pete Hammond
    40
    Strictly for 6 year olds, this uninspired, one-joke comedy is full of too many misfired gags and weak comic setups to cross over to anyone whose head reaches above the seat back.
  13. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Tim Grierson
    40
    Johnson seems perfectly happy coasting through bland mediocrities. It used to be that his former career as a wrestler was his biggest obstacle to becoming a Hollywood star--now, it appears to be laziness.
  14. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    40
    Watching the first half-hour of Tooth Fairy is like reaching into a grab bag of novelties, as the movie unveils its tricks... After that, the wit more or less evaporates, replaced by bloated sentimentality and clumsy plot exposition.
  15. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    38
    The poster's the funniest thing about the project: Johnson, sporting a pair of fairy wings larger than his forearms, glaring at the camera.
  16. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    38
    Michael Lembeck directs with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, pounding every joke and cliche until they are flat, flat, flat.
  17. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    Tooth Fairy will make your teeth ache and your skin crawl.
  18. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Roger Moore
    38
    That Disney touch (which even Disney has trouble replicating) is missing. Even the hockey is unconvincing.
  19. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Kimberley Jones
    30
    How many screenwriters does it take to screw in this dim bulb? Five – no joke – and another one credited with "story by."
  20. Slate
    Reviewed by: Josh Levin
    30
    In the hierarchy of things that creep into your house, the tooth fairy ranks somewhere beneath Santa Claus and above the Formosan termite.
  21. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    25
    Charmless and underdeveloped knockoff of "The Santa Clause."
  22. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    25
    For what it's worth, Tooth Fairy is a somehow dimmer cousin of those Tim Allen "Santa Clause'' movies.
  23. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    20
    Hollow as a cavity.
  24. NPR
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    10
    The only apparent reason Tooth Fairy exists at all is to squeeze tough-guy ex-wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson into tights and a tutu. As comic ideas go, that doesn't stretch much further than the poster.
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