# Movies where someone brushes their teeth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581 "2009-01-23T04:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/41 "2009-01-23T18:13:04Z")
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, but didn’t _Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House_ start with a couple (Cary Grant, Myrna Loy) trying to use a cramped apartment bathroom sink simultaneously? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/42 "2009-01-23T18:22:30Z")
The 2008 version of Journey To The Center Of The Earth. At least, the 3D version of it. If you’re looking at the screen at the wrong moment, you think you’re getting a faceful of Brendan Fraser’s used toothpaste. Bleagh! If TV counts: an episode of Monk, where he and Sharona have had to pretend to be married, and are forced to kiss in front of a group of people. The next scene shows him and Sharona, in their room, with him frantically scrubbing his mouth. Sharona is saying “now that’s just INSULTING!”. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/43 "2009-01-23T19:48:48Z")
Kramer vs. Kramer ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/44 "2009-01-23T19:51:10Z")
**Deja Vu** Denzel Washington’s character is brushing his teeth at the water cooler. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/45 "2009-01-23T19:52:27Z")
Strip Tease Showgirls I remember reviews at the time commenting on it, the idea being that strippers have good dental hygiene. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/46 "2009-01-23T19:59:20Z")
I Love You To Death has the quick-fast I don’t have a toothbrush so I’ll just smear my teeth with toothpaste brushing at the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/47 "2009-01-24T15:13:29Z")
A nice clean flossing in Kingpin. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/48 "2009-01-24T16:41:22Z")
I’m curious now to know why neither of [these](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314630/) [films](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234354/) has been mentioned. I mean, _you’d think_, right? ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/49 "2009-01-24T17:06:37Z")
**Hotel Chevalier** , the short that came on the DVD with **The Darjeeling Limited**. Natalie Portman brushes her teeth with Jason Schwartzman’s toothbrush ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/50 "2009-01-24T17:13:28Z")
I am thinking that toothbrushing scenes must be very common in those movies which focus on sad characters who are uinspired and depressed. You know, they live ordinary lives and work average office jobs and perform nothing remarkable. We follow their daily routine, which of course starts with brushing their teeth in the morning. In any case, I’m pretty certain Steve Carell brushes his teeth in Evan Almighty. ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/51 "2009-01-24T20:41:25Z")
> [@minlokwat](#): > > In **What About Bob?** _Richard Dreyfuss_ has to brush his teeth with his finger since Bob (_Bill Murray_) had taken his tooth brush. I believe Dreyfuss also brushed in “The Goodbye Girl” and “Close Encounters” ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/52 "2009-01-24T20:58:18Z")
Zodiac ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/53 "2009-01-24T21:00:51Z")
> [@Jamicat](#): > > I believe Dreyfuss also brushed in … “Close Encounters” Certified true. Just watched it last weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/54 "2009-01-24T21:05:00Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > **Hotel Chevalier** , the short that came on the DVD with **The Darjeeling Limited**. Natalie Portman brushes her teeth with Jason Schwartzman’s toothbrush I was just gonna say that. And _Close Encounters_, where Dreyfus’s kids smack him with a ping-pong paddle and then take a Polaroid picture when he whirls around, growling like a rabid bear with toothpaste overflowing from his mouth. In _Little Shop of Horrors_, with Steve Martin as the memorably demented dentist, is anyone actually shown brushing their teeth? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/55 "2009-01-24T21:11:10Z")
_Something to Talk About_ has (IMS) several toothbrushing scenes. ---
**Author:** ![Natch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Natch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natch)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/56 "2009-01-25T00:01:33Z")
Mr. and Mrs. Smith? ---
**Author:** ![Mitijea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mitijea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mitijea)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/57 "2009-01-25T00:10:56Z")
Home Alone with the face slapping scene. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/58 "2009-01-25T02:12:28Z")
There’s a “suggestive” tooth brushing scene in the Dutch film _Spetters_. A cop is saying he caught the protagonists breaking some law (the movie’s about a bunch of semi-pro motorcycle racers). Renée Soutendijk’s character (who’s the bikers’ agent) suggests they talk it over in her trailer. Then we cut to the cop coming out of the trailer and walking away. Then we cut inside the trailer where Soutendijk is brushing her teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/59 "2009-01-25T02:41:32Z")
[Dada’s Dance](http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/dadas_dance). I just saw it yesterday. A batshit insane gorgeous sexy Chinese girl drives some poor mook crazy while searching for her biological mother. Probably not coming to a theater near you, but worth a watch anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-someone-brushes-their-teeth/482581/60 "2009-01-25T03:22:27Z")
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