The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Adventure with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Preteen Romance
In this cartoon adventure aimed at tweens, the fairy community is dedicated to collecting teeth from slumbering children and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen 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 hideous gnome he expected.
A Forbidden Bond and Shared Threat
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 each other, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people together. Both groups portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. Fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, prone to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact intelligent and advanced in technology.
Of course, this scenario needs a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of some nasty spiders, with voices 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
You won’t find very many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have first crushes, but are not mature enough for the content 14-year-olds are watching in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new favorite movie, but you could do worse.
A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
