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Teeth
Teeth
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Mitchell Lichtenstein
Written by	Mitchell Lichtenstein
Produced by	Richard E. Chapla Jr.; Mitchell Lichtenstein; Joyce M. Pierpoline
Starring	Jess Weixler; Hale Appleman; John Hensley
Cinematography	Wolfgang Held
Edited by	Joe Landauer
Music by	Robert Miller
Distributed by	Roadside Attractions
Release date	January 1 2008
Running time	88 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

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Teeth is a black comedy horror film written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. It premiered January 19, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in the independent drama category. It was released on DVD on May 6 by Dimension Extreme.

Synopsis

The film's official website provides the following synopsis:

"High school student likes to stab people in the vagina Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group's most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad's increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent Dawn discovers she has a toothed vagina after an attempted rape. As she struggles to comprehend her anatomical uniqueness, Dawn experiences both the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the vagina dentata myth.

Cast

Jess Weixler as Dawn O'Keefe
John Hensley as Brad O'Keefe
Josh Pais as Dr. Godfrey
Hale Appleman as Tobey
Lenny Von Dohlen as Bill
Vivienne Benesch as Kim
Ashley Springer as Ryan
Julia Garro as Gwen
Nicole Swahn as Melanie
Adam Wagner as Phil
Hunter Ulvog as Little Brad
Ava Ryen Plumb as Little Dawn
Trent Moore as Mr. Vincent
Mike Yager as Elliot

Release

The film premiered January 19, 2007 at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. It was also shown at the Berlin International Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Sydney International Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, London FrightFest Film Festival, Deauville Festival of American Cinema, and the Hamptons International Film Festival. It opened in limited release in the United States on January 18, 2008. ^[1]
The film was released for sale/rental May 6th, 2008. As a part of the Weinstein Company agreement with Blockbuster, it will be exclusively for rent through said video chain. Teeth was pulled from Wal-mart shelves as being too "racy" for Wal-mart's family store.

Critical reception

The film received generally positive to mixed reviews from critics. As of February 27, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 80% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 44 reviews.^[2] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 57 out of 100, based on 21 reviews.^[3]

Sundance

Reaction from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival was positive, with Cinematical critic Scott Weinberg saying, "Teeth is precisely the sort of genre movie that we need to see more of."^[4] Adrienne Shelly Foundation artistic director Mystelle Brabbée declared it "one of the most talked-about films at the Sundance Film Festival this year".^[5]

Jess Weixler won the Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Performance (and tied with Tamara Podemski from the film Four Sheets to the Wind).^[6]

Footnotes

^ "Teeth (2007/I) - Release dates". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
^ "Teeth - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
^ "Teeth (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
^ "Sundance Review: Teeth". Cinematical. 2007-21-01. Retrieved 2007-24-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
^ Burnham, Gabriella (2007-11-04). "2007 Film Festival focus centers on female screenwriters". The Inquirer and Mirror. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
^ "2007 Sundance Film Festival award winners". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2007-01-28.

External links

[1] "Teeth (2007/I) - Release dates". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-19.

[2] "Teeth - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-02-27.

[3] "Teeth (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-02-27.

[4] "Sundance Review: Teeth". Cinematical. 2007-21-01. Retrieved 2007-24-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)

[5] Burnham, Gabriella (2007-11-04). "2007 Film Festival focus centers on female screenwriters". The Inquirer and Mirror. Retrieved 2007-11-17.

[6] "2007 Sundance Film Festival award winners". The Salt Lake Tribune. 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2007-01-28.

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 The film's official website provides the following synopsis:
-"High school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local [[chastity]] group's most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad's increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent Dawn discovers she has a toothed [[vagina]] after an attempted [[rape]]. As she struggles to comprehend her [[anatomical]] uniqueness, Dawn experiences both the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the [[vagina dentata]] myth.
+"High school student likes to stab people in the vagina Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local [[chastity]] group's most active participant. Her task is made even more difficult by her bad boy stepbrother Brad's increasingly provocative behavior at home. A stranger to her own body, innocent Dawn discovers she has a toothed [[vagina]] after an attempted [[rape]]. As she struggles to comprehend her [[anatomical]] uniqueness, Dawn experiences both the pitfalls and the power of being a living example of the [[vagina dentata]] myth.
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