Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Year:2007
Cast: Jess Weixler
Rating: ** (out of ****)
Here's some trivia for you, 'Vendata' in Latin means teeth. You will know the significance after watching the movie. Moving on, there's a girl called Dawn obsessed with chastity and abstinence. Supposedly, she's taken a vow or something. So she teaches girl students about saving their 'apple' for 'the father of their children'. So everything is going fine till Dawn falls for a guy but then she realizes her mistake. The guy tries to force himself on her and something really weird happens. And the chronicles of teeth begin! Once Dawn realizes about her 'incredible gift', she starts using it against the people she hates (Ha Ha ...Surprise! It works according to her will or mood, probably).
This could be made into a good thriller, you know but the writer and director here don't even come close. Every incident is laughable, almost all of them. Hollywood is seriously running out of ideas now. "Mutation of female genitals", come on! Will you please get over that mutation stuff already?
It all becomes so ridiculous at a point when you may think it's indeed a comedy, particulrly the climax. I was actually laughing at the end.
Go for it, may be as a black comedy but never as a thriller.
2 comments:
The thing is…er… you laughed because you were…er… supposed to. It is a tongue-in-cheek thriller, and definitely not a horror film which intends to scare the living daylights out of you.
It is enjoying itself, and with the subject at hand. Yes, it could be taken seriously, it could have been dwelled into endlessly, but in an alternate world where the female genitalia grow teeth.
TEETH is a comedy. That might be news to you, but it is what it is. And for a comedy, it is a good subject. And yeah, Vagina Dentata is an age-old concept, and it has its roots in a very basic insecurity that all women share.
The film does such a great job while creating a believable character in a teenage film. Yes, that is a rare occurrence, and I felt a possessive streak in me for Dawn. She is so cute, and she’s adorable because Jess Weixler plays her straight and not like she’s in a comedy. We feel the insecurity of hers, and we also enjoy when she is relaxed and having sex finally. TEETH for sure is a fine film.
"Yes, it could be taken seriously, it could have been dwelled into endlessly, but in an alternate world where the female genitalia grow teeth."
I would've enjoyed it in that very alternate world. It's a very very old concept, understood, so?
Regarding the enjoying part, that's why I wrote "GO FOR IT" in the end. For those who enjoy it as a black comedy, as you did.
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