The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Love Story
Throughout this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community is dedicated to collecting teeth from slumbering children and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He’s only slightly more interested in the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the hideous gnome he expected.
A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains very much suitable for younger kids). The goblin and fairy communities are estranged from each other, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people as one. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, prone to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are reportedly stupid, smelly, and backward, but are actually bright and technologically advanced.
Naturally, this scenario needs a common enemy to unite 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 goblins and fairies, and they make for quite savage, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
There aren’t very many children’s animations targeting the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever teenagers view these days instead of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster 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 the rest of the UK beginning October 24.