The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Touch of Family-Friendly Tween Romance
In this cartoon journey for preteens, the fairy community is dedicated to gathering teeth from slumbering children and placing treasure under their pillows. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He’s only a bit more curious about the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold as payment. But Van’s curiosity grows when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous creature he had imagined.
A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of teen romance (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). 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 each holds prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are said to be entitled types, prone to taking anything they want, while the goblins are reportedly stupid, smelly, and primitive, but are actually bright and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario requires a shared foe to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they aim to devour the fairies and goblins, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not especially competent, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts
There aren’t all that many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience first crushes, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content teenagers view these days in lieu of Twilight. Should your youngster 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 starting October 10 and the rest of the UK from 24 October.
