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Teeth (2008) DVD Review
Teeth (2008) DVD Credits:
Teeth (2008) Directed by:
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Teeth (2008) Written by:
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Teeth (2008) Cast:
Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, Vivienne Benesch, Lenny Von Dohlen, Nicole Swahn, Julia Garro, Adam Wagner
Teeth (2008) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
Teeth (2008) DVD Release Date:
5th May 2008
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Teeth (2008) Synopsis:

Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.

Teeth (2008) DVD Review:

Just when you thought every possible twist on the coming-of-age tales had been played out cinematically to the point of complete exhaustion, it has been rejuvenated once again by the Sundance award-winning horror film, Teeth. Writer/director Mitchell Lichtenstein boldly goes for a topic that seems nearly impossible to film and creatively works around the subject in some ways while gruesomely shoving it in the audience’s face in others. When dealing with vagina dentata, mythical or otherwise, there is an immediate curiosity as to whether or not the vicious mutation will appear on-screen, but an early scene in a sex-education class has all of the photos of the female reproductive system covered up to preserve the female’s “natural sense of modesty”. This brings an outcry from the men in the class, whose reproductive body parts are placed on display freely, an interesting argument considering women usually tend to be on display physically more often than men, but Teeth graciously works against this notion with plentiful display from the men and a little bit of mystery where the toothed vagina is concerned.

Sundance award winner Jess Weixler plays Dawn, the innocent and abstinent high school girl who is completely unaware of the strange mutation that has occurred to her, apparently either because of evolution or the large power plant near her house. Dawn is equipped with a strange defense system within her beautiful young body, to keep unwanted men at bay for good. When agitated these teeth have the ability to sever whatever may be in the cavity at the time, whether penis or finger, and this is often a bloody spectacle to endure, as a man or otherwise. Teeth doesn’t portray men in anything close to a pleasant light, showing each one as either weak or aggressive, but always the latter when sex is concerned. Dawn is an attractive girl and suddenly she is being sexually assaulted nearly every day, and it is disgusting but somewhat of a blessing that she is able to defend herself with freakish teeth that do gruesome damage on all the wrong areas.

Dawn is an active abstinent leader in support group for saying no to sex. Not surprisingly this is where she meets one of the guys in her life. Most of the guys at her high school are also attracted to her, but Dawn wears abstinence t-shirts that keep her on the outer circles until she becomes sexually active. As if a scent has been sent out Dawn is suddenly assaulted by everyone after her initial experience, however unpleasant it was for both parties involved. Dawn is even the obsession of her creepy older half-brother who seems to have love/hate relationship with Dawn that is only slightly different than his hate/hate treatment of everyone else, including his girlfriend. There is only so much damage that Dawn can do when one actually stops and thinks about the scenario, and the number of times the same thing happens is a few too many as it is, but I suppose the film works effectively enough through this graphic cautionary production.

The DVD contains a feature commentary by writer/director Michael Lichtenstein, who also gives an optional commentary on the deleted scenes as well. There is also a behind-the-scenes featurette and trailers.

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Teeth (2008) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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