The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Tween Romance
In this animated journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only slightly more interested in the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to mysterious goblins, who provide metal in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly creature he expected.
An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an adventure with a light sprinkling of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for children). The goblin and fairy groups are estranged from one another, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to bring people together. The two species portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, smelly, and backward, but are in fact bright and technologically advanced.
Of course, this scenario requires a common enemy to unite against, and that need is met by some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they serve as quite savage, if not especially competent, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
You won’t find very many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have first crushes, but are not mature enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.
