
Dawn grows up in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. In high school, while her biology class studies evolution, she realizes she may have a hidden curse, an "adaptation." She lives with her mom, step-father, and hard-edged step-brother. She likes Tobey, a guy at school, and he likes her. She takes a pledge to remain chaste until marriage, so they date in groups, watch G-rated films, and don't kiss, but the power of teen hormones is great, so temptation beckons. Dawn has an a... (Full plot summary below)
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Dawn grows up in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. In high school, while her biology class studies evolution, she realizes she may have a hidden curse, an "adaptation." She lives with her mom, step-father, and hard-edged step-brother. She likes Tobey, a guy at school, and he likes her. She takes a pledge to remain chaste until marriage, so they date in groups, watch G-rated films, and don't kiss, but the power of teen hormones is great, so temptation beckons. Dawn has an admirer in Ryan, and when when things have an unexpected twist with Tobey, she turns to Ryan for help. Will he be her mythical hero and rescue her? Or can she find her way as her own hero, turning the curse into an asset?
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| VarietyTodd McCarthyA game, disarming lead performance from Jess Weixler, who won a jury acting prize at Sundance, goes some way toward making palatable this mish-mash, whose provocative nature could carve out a certain commercial niche. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirThis is going to be a notorious film that young audiences will be daring themselves to see, but it's actually funnier, darker and more troubling before it turns into a carnival of repeated dismemberment. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsThe tone of the film wavers between satire and horror-comedy, but that doesn't diminish the entertainment value of what plays like a tongue in cheek celebration of a woman who turns her imperfection into empowerment |
| HollywoodChicago.comAdam FendelmanIn one of the great light bulb ideas that could only happen in association with making movies, along comes Teeth to bite us hard. If you think the rhetorical illustration of the events defy logic, just wait to actually sink your own teeth into it. |
| I.E. WeeklyAmy NicholsonEvery time the scary music kicks in and another dumb male clutches his crotch, the theater bursts into uncertain giggles like a needed release |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteDirector Mitchell Lichtenstein finds new ground in the over-tilled suburbia of David Lynch and John Waters. |
| Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoCampy, shameless and sophisticated, Lichtenstein's debut is gutsy and original, and it makes "Juno" look positively tame by comparison. |
| Manhattan Movie MagazineMarlow SternUltimately, Teeth will probably never become the late night cult film it aspires to be, but it does achieve an overwhelming sense of castration anxiety |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyLichtenstein makes an impressive debut as director of a provocative coming-of-age horror tale, inspired by the vagina dentate mythology; in the lead, the beautiful Weixler gives a striking perfromance. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealStar Jess Weixler, exerting the command and persona of a young Meryl Streep, grants enough earnest innocence that instead of fearing Dawn, you fear for her. |