Film

Tooth Fairy 2

Name: Tooth Fairy 2
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 2012
Cast: Larry the Cable Guy, Brady Reiter, Erin Beute, John Connon, Gabriel Suttle

Comedy
Fantasy
Light-hearted

A family comedy where Larry the Cable Guy's character is magically transformed into a tooth fairy as punishment for spoiling the myth to kids. It's broad, silly, and pitched squarely at young children who enjoy slapstick and the absurdity of seeing a grown man in a tutu. Harmless fun if your tolerance for corny jokes and physical comedy is high.

TMDb rating

2.5

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy broad, rubber-faced slapstick from a lowbrow, big-hearted everyman, and you don't mind a plot that exists mainly to hang gags on.

Skip it if you want a sharp, tightly built family comedy, because the jokes here are scattered and the sentimentality lands thick and often.

What it asks of you: Ninety minutes, mostly played for slapstick and sight gags, so you can half-watch it while the kids are in the next room and lose nothing essential.

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