Baby Tooth Review: Are you willing to match my freak?
"Are you here for the boat or the tooth?"
Baby Tooth is an oddly comedic and vivacious indie short centered around Marina, a young adult on a quest to sell her grandfather’s antique speedboat and/or get her baby tooth yanked out.
The film is introduced with soft house music, a patch of grass that slowly pans past an almost accidental white string, and a carefree, vibrant Marina.
The audience is dipped in and out of Marina’s universe with the utilization of house music and angelic-filtered clips.
Her personality shines as bright as her aura [and clothing] when we see her stellar salesperson skills. And it’s as nonchalant as rural Oregon when she’s found herself in a kerfuffle with an old man who rejects yanking her baby tooth after she’s rejected his advances.
“When I’ve gone to buy/sell things on Facebook Marketplace, you’re vulnerable. You don’t know who’s home you’re about to walk into,” writer, director Olivia Accardo explains.
“You don’t necessarily need to walk around with pepper spray, but maybe there’s a ‘freak’ to you that makes you unattractive.” Therefore, whether Marina was aware or not, her uniqueness served as a protector.
Although the film only had two characters, it’s easy to conclude that a person aesthetically like Marina wouldn’t typically be grounded in a remote place like rural Oregon. Still, her eccentric personality drew in someone who did ‘match her freak.’
Baby Tooth is a fun watch screened during the Tribeca Film Festival.
Wow where do they come up with the titles
Interesting title