Teeth (2007)
Teeth is a movie that sounds ridiculous on paper, yet works on nearly every level. Dawn (a fantastic Jess Weixler), discovers she has vagina dentata after an attempted rape ends up with the rapist sans penis. Teeth plays everything with a straight face, with only the occasional wink at the audience, but for a film about a vagina with teeth in it, it’s a pretty solid film. Equally good in the film is John Hensley (Nip/Tuck) as Dawn’s creepy step-brother. All of the boys get their comeuppance in the film, and the only real downside is that it ends just when it’s about to get good: with Dawn, in an homage to Ms. 45, using her “power” to get back at all the rapists in the world.
