The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Journey with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance
Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on gathering baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only slightly more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who supply gold in exchange. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous creature he expected.
A Forbidden Connection and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin groups are estranged from each other, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the other. The fairies are said to be self-centered types, given to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly stupid, smelly, and primitive, but are actually bright and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario requires a shared foe to unite against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
There aren’t very many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience first crushes, but are not mature enough for the content teenagers are watching instead of popular teen sagas. If your child is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to be their next all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.