The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Journey with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Preteen Romance

Throughout this animated adventure aimed at tweens, the fairy community is dedicated to collecting baby teeth of sleeping children and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He is just slightly more interested in the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the hideous gnome he had imagined.

An Unlikely Bond and Shared Threat

The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of teen romance (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The goblin and fairy communities are estranged from one another, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to unite beings together. The two species portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are said to be entitled sorts, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are actually bright and technologically advanced.

Naturally, this scenario needs a shared foe to unite against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they serve as quite savage, if not particularly skilled, villains.

Target Audience and Final Thoughts

There aren’t very many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for the content teenagers are watching instead of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to be their next favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.

A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland starting October 10 and the rest of the UK from 24 October.