Dwayne Johnson's energetic performance enlivens an otherwise by-the-numbers family comedy.
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin Wilson
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin Wilson
The comedy is so lame that the whole enterprise comes across as depressing.
50
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
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.
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
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.
38
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
Orlando SentinelRoger Moore
That Disney touch (which even Disney has trouble replicating) is missing. Even the hockey is unconvincing.
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
The poster’s the funniest thing about the project: Johnson, sporting a pair of fairy wings larger than his forearms, glaring at the camera.
38
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Michael Lembeck directs with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, pounding every joke and cliche until they are flat, flat, flat.
25
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
For what it’s worth, Tooth Fairy is a somehow dimmer cousin of those Tim Allen “Santa Clause’’ movies.
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.