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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.0 | |
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Larry Guthrie is a fun-loving guy with a serious mission: to win back Brook, the love of his life. But when Larry upsets a small boy with a loose tooth, he's "sentenced" to become a real tooth fairy.
Starring: Larry the Cable Guy, David Mackey, Erin Beute, Gabriel Suttle, Bob LipkaComedy | 100% |
Family | 99% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, French, Spanish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (C untested)
Movie | 1.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.0 |
I might feel differently when I have to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked next week, but as of today, my vote for most
unnecessary sequel of 2012 goes to Tooth Fairy 2, a budget-less straight-to-video mistake that has Larry "the Cable Guy" prancing around in
the pink tutu previously worn by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The Rock was wise to get out. Though the first film somehow turned a sizable box office
profit, it was panned far and wide as one of the worst movies of the year. But this, of course, is how Hollywood works: Did it suck? Sure, but it
made money. A cash-in straight-to-video sequel was inevitable.
And, inevitably, Tooth Fairy 2 is awful. You don't need a review to know that. It stars one of America's most unfunny comedians, a guy whose
cinematic career has included such veritable hits as Delta Farce and Witless Protection, and whose entire schtick revolves around
being the dumb-as-dirt rube from Jeff Foxworthy's "You Might Be Redneck" routine. What do you honestly expect? In case you're really not
sure, for whatever reason, I'll tell you what to expect--the same joke repeated ad nauseum for 90 minutes. Brawny Larry, in pink tights, failing
miserably to sneak quietly into sleeping kids' bedrooms. It'd be creepy if it weren't so dumb.
I'll let this one speak for itself...
When I say this is a low-budget sequel, I mean low budget, and Tooth Fairy 2 looks it, with wonky editing, flat cinematography, and noticeably cheaper production design. (Just see the difference between The Rock's tutu and The Cable Guy's.) The Blu-ray follows suite with a 1080p/AVC encode that's merely so-so, faithful to source but far from stunning. The film was shot digitally in high definition and has a respectable level of clarity here. There are some shots that actually look fantastically sharp--closeups, in general, are nicely resolved--while others, especially in darker sequences, are bit more blah. Not bad, overall. Color is fairly realistic, lightly graded to have a warm cast and punchier saturation, and black levels and contrast are decently balanced. There's some visible noise in many scenes, but whether it's source-inherent or compression-related is hard to say. Not that it matters too much. I doubt you're looking for Tooth Fairy 2 to set any new picture quality standards.
Likewise, the movie's lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track is strictly utilitarian. That is, it does what it needs to do and not much more. You'd certainly never use the phrases "consistently immersive" or "dynamically intense" to describe this front-anchored, low-key audio mix. The rear channels are only used sparsely for the jaunty score and rare effects; even when Larry's hijinks are at their most hijink-iest, the sound design never shows much initiative. Still, everything is reasonably clear--besides a few instances where voices seem slightly muffled or hollow, like when Larry first meets Nyx--and there are no major audio slip-ups. The disc also includes French and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 dubs, along with optional English SDH, Spanish, and French subtitles.
And here I thought the original Tooth Fairy was bad. The sequel takes what's now a franchise, I guess--heaven help us--to blindingly stupid new lows. (Might I suggest Gary Busey for the third film?) You don't need me to tell you that Tooth Fairy 2 is terrible; do your kids a favor and pick up a Pixar film instead.
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