The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Tween Love Story
Throughout this cartoon adventure for preteens, the fairy community focuses on collecting teeth from slumbering children and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more curious about the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to mysterious goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous creature he expected.
An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings together. The two species as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are supposed to be entitled types, prone to taking anything they want, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, smelly, and backward, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology.
Naturally, such a setup requires a shared foe to unite against, and this is duly provided by some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Target Audience and Final Thoughts
You won’t find all that many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is starting to experience first crushes, but are not mature enough for whatever teenagers view these days instead of Twilight. If your child is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to be their next favorite movie, but you could do worse.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK from 24 October.
