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Tooth Fairy (2004)
No, no, no, no
Well, the Amazon movies have steadily decreased in overall goodness. Seriously, this short film isn't good at all. What's going on? The dad is busy, and somewhat mean, and he finds his daughter's tooth? What was the point of that other than having Chris Noth crawl around a house and show off Amazon's products for the home. Oh wait, that was the point! At least Portrait had a moral. I liked the characters and it was hilarious. Even Agent Orange had a nice ending. What's not to say that this dad, exhausted from his night long search, won't just get up and forget about everything the next day. Heres my question: Why didn't the wife just do it? The dad was already up fixing the sink, and now he's got to deal with this? Stop being lazy! Maybe I'm reading to much into this, but I just think that this is the worst one yet.
Portrait (2004)
Fat=Ugly, Amanda Detmer=Beautiful
Well, here we are with another story about how fat is ugly and if you're beautiful on the inside then you deserve to be skinny. Not to take a to cynical view of things, of course. Anyway, its a pretty cute movie. All the characters are cutely outrageous, and just AbFab enough to earn your grudging respect. Of course, you smile as well when the head meanie (played by Minnie Driver) gets what's coming to her. Amanda Detmer is cute and nice as the chubby and then beautiful Esther, showing an exuberance that is very welcome. And the omnipresent narrator engages with her (Irish?) accent, and witty comments of all those involved. My favorite part is the description of Caroline: "This is Caroline, she has effectively slept her way to the middle", during which a slew of pictures flash by, including Minnie Driver's character, followed by the crack of a whip. So, all in all, funny, uplifting, and reassuring, if you're not fat, of course.