

Open Wide
2024-01-23 · 108 min · ★ 5.2
John Mew thinks we're all ugly. And modern living is to blame. For decades he's waged a lonely war against orthodontics and that teenage rite of passage - braces. With his son now taking up the fight, Mew's fringe theories suddenly find an enthusiastic audience online.
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- Sara Goldblatt
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- A24, Muck Media
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- United States of America
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