The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Preteen Love Story
In this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community focuses on gathering baby teeth of slumbering children and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only a bit more interested in the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the ugly gnome he expected.
An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s very much suitable for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people as one. The two species portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the opposite side. The fairies are said to be self-centered sorts, prone to stealing anything they want, while goblins are reportedly stupid, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology.
Naturally, such a setup 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. They make no secret about their intentions: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they make for quite savage, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Target Audience and Final Thoughts
There aren’t very many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but are not mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds view these days instead of Twilight. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to be their next favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
