The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Love Story
In this animated journey for preteens, the fairy community is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to mysterious goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous gnome he had imagined.
A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of teen romance (even though it remains very much suitable for younger kids). The fairy and goblin groups are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. The two species portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are said to be entitled sorts, given to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly stupid, smelly, and backward, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario requires a common enemy to unite against, and that need is met in the form of a group of vicious spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts
There aren’t very many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but are not mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching instead of popular teen sagas. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to be their next all-time fave, but you could do worse.
A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and the rest of the UK from 24 October.
