Teeth
Starring: Josh Pais, Lenny Von Dohlen, Vivienne Benesch, John Hensley, Jess WeixlerStudio: Weinstein Company
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release: May 6th 2008
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Dawn (Sundance award winner Jess Weixler) is a pretty but prim high school virgin who unknowingly has a set of mutant teeth between her legs. When a supposedly likeminded boyfriend forces himself upon her, Dawn's vagina dentata start chomping -- which is just the beginning of "the most twisted story of female empowerment ever told" (DreadCentral.com).
User Reviews
The Curse of The Vagina Dentata - Rating: 3/5
I imagine the concept for this movie is quite old, but not actually being aware of any directly influential works, this seems quite creative. With dentata meaning teeth, you can obviously infer the general concept, and it was interesting. The movie was generally well done, good acting, good sets, camera work, etc. The concept was, though, a little difficult for a male to fully enjoy and embrace at times. :) there was one doctor scene where the it proved highly cathartic. Overall enjoyable, but not one of those that I can watch frequently.
crap don't bother - Rating: 1/5
it's slow, it's dull,they probably spent only $4.99 in fake blood, the leading actress is ugly, bad acting. man this movie blows.
Interesting to say the least. - Rating: 2/5
When I saw the previews for this movie I knew right away I was going to see it. They could have made it pretty interesting and even funny, but instead they turned it into a big smear campaign against men. It's completely despicable how biased this movie is. The movie isn't all that gruesome with the exception of the very short scenes involving the "dentata". There's some sex scenes as well, but for the most part I highly doubt they're what you're looking for. Also, the movie isn't scar in any possible way. All of the men in the movie act like total scumbags and are always punished cruelly for it, either the director or whoever wrote the script has men issues and really wants to see them suffer. I'm not going to say that the men in the movie didn't deserve it, because for the most part they did, but the real problem I have is that every single man in the movie is portrayed this way. It even goes so far as to be a terrible twist on the term entrapment. This movie is worth a rent for the unique premise, but it will leave you wishing they had used it for more than just an over the top political platform.
A gruesome and hateful tale. - Rating: 2/5
This is the best example of misandry in a film I have ever seen, which nowadays is quite an accomplishment. There is definitely a persistent air of misandry throughout the film where all men are jerks, rapists, or molesters, who all ultimately reap brutal retribution. The one notable exception to this rule is the father; likely a concerted effort by the director to ward off charges of propagating negativeof male stereotypes.
If you take joy in seeing male sexist pigs get their come-uppance, in graphic,John Bobbitt style, as the camera relishes over their mutilated genitals, than this is the film for you.
DARK COMEDY WITH BITE - Rating: 4/5
When I first read the concept for Teeth, I thought it was just going to be like another campy, slasher, piece of schlock with alot of modern FX and little substance. I own a copy of "Killer Condom", and I thought this flick would possibly be similar, but actually it's not. Basically the charming, hopefully sweet Dawn is saving herself for marriage. Well,she's so cute what guy wouldn't want to ask her out, so of course we have a conflict. Dawn finds herself having feelings for Toby. When she gets him alone at last, the results are disastrous. The thread starts to unravel as Dawn finds out her special "secret". Actually it ends up being a great source of distress for Dawn and you really feel sorry for her. Dawn confides in another guy who she thinks is her friend, but he was just using her for a bet. Then there is her maniacal step-brother who wants a piece of the action as well. It seems like every encounter poor Dawn has with the opposite sex ends up in murder. Towards the end Dawn seems to accept the fact that she can't change anything, and actually uses her "secret" to exact revenge on her step-brother. This movie had an interesting enough plot that it will make the viewer want to see it all the way through. I was pleased that this was so smart and the laughs are mostly situational. This was dark comedy done well. I'm also glad that this didn't turn into a dull, typical slasher flick that I just wanted to fast-forward through. I'm sure that every girl in the world has at one time pondered the best revenge on a guy, whether it be a boyfriend or a tormenting jerk at school. In fact, I think any girl who is going through a tough time with a guy like that and needs a motivational boost, should probably rent "Teeth", for a good, wicked laugh. I hope to see the girl that played Dawn in more films.
