The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Tween Romance
In this cartoon journey for preteens, the fairy community is dedicated to gathering teeth from sleeping youngsters and leaving treasure under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only slightly more interested in the financial workings behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who supply gold in exchange. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the ugly gnome he had imagined.
A Forbidden Connection and Common Enemy
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (even though it remains very much suitable for younger kids). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. Both groups as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered types, given to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Of course, such a setup needs a shared foe to unite against, and this is duly provided in the form of some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, if not especially competent, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
You won’t find very many children’s animations targeting the kind of audience that is starting to experience first crushes, but are not mature enough for the content 14-year-olds view these days instead of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to become their new all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
