Wisdom Tooth Episode One

This review contains no spoilers.

The title immediately made me curious. Wisdom Tooth. With a title as intriguing as that, I was expecting a great plot, and I was not disappointed. Wisdom Tooth is about an ordinary dentist who wants a family, and one day, he is told something which completely changes his life. The events are animated fairly well, with the decent camera angles doing their job. By the end of the movie, I really felt for Dale, the main character. For a movie to do that, it has to be pretty special.

The story is the best thing about the movie. And since this was just the first episode, I will expect the story to develop and interest me more. But there are other good things about Wisdom Tooth. Firstly, the voice-acting was great. Jaymond, as Dale, is superb once again, and Jeff and Charles are great too. One problem I found though was that somtimes the voices overlapped each other. I'm not sure if it's because of my computer, but I managed to ignore it.

The scenery isn't the best around, but it gets the job done. And the music was decent enough too. Wisdom Tooth was marked as a "Comedy/Drama". Comedy? Sorry, but I didn't find anything really funny. I did smile at a few places, but I wouldn't class this as a comedy. On a brighter note, to treat all of you, Warren Wagner has given some little extras, which include original scenes and Jaymond's audition. OK, it might not be important, but it is nice to see a director do this once in a while.

The mediocre scenery and the occasional overlapping of the voices does not spoil the movie. Ignore the fact that it's supposed to be a comedy as well as a drama, and you've got yourself a movie. I listened to every single word from start to finish eagerly and I really did feel for the characters. As a drama, this is great. So what if this was slightly rushed? Wisdom Tooth kept my attention throughout the whole movie and that is good enough for me. Well done Warren. Now get working on episode two.

Score: 82/100