A Tooth Fairy Tale Film Analysis: Cartoon Journey with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Love Story

In this cartoon adventure for preteens, the fairy community is dedicated to collecting baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and leaving 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 sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold as payment. However, Van’s interest grows when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the ugly creature he had imagined.

A Forbidden Connection and Common Enemy

Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains very much suitable for younger kids). The fairy and goblin groups 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 opposite side. The fairies are said to be entitled sorts, given to taking anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly dim-witted, smelly, and backward, but are in fact intelligent and technologically advanced.

Naturally, such a setup needs a shared foe to join forces against, and this is duly provided by some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they serve as quite savage, if not especially competent, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression

There aren’t very many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever teenagers are watching instead of Twilight. 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.

The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.