Worse than a root canal

Dwayne Johnson has been trying to distance himself from “The Rock” moniker with a slew of weak family-friendly films. Sadly, his natural charisma couldn’t save “The Game Plan” or “Race to Witch Mountain” and it doesn’t do anything for his latest, “Tooth Fairy.”

In one of the most ridiculously dumb premises in recent memory, a minor league hockey goon (Johnson) with the nickname “Tooth Fairy” (you know, because he knocks out people’s teeth) gets a tough punishment – one week as the real tooth fairy.

Though Johnson tries his best, the terribly cliche script unravels exactly how anyone who has ever watched one of his films knew it would. Johnson’s character Derek Thompson first discredits his punishment, fails miserably and discovers the meaning of life through the job.

Phoned-in, should-be-disappointed-in-themselves performances from Julie Andrews, Ashley Judd and Stephen Merchant round out this mess of a film that really lacks any entertaining qualities.

No one ever thought Johnson could be the next Arnold, but the way he’s going now, he won’t even be the next Vin Diesel.