The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Tween Romance
In this cartoon adventure for preteens, the fairy community focuses on 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 feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the hideous gnome he expected.
An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an adventure with a light sprinkling of teen romance (though it’s perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to bring people as one. Both groups as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are said to be entitled sorts, given to stealing anything they want, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Of course, such a setup needs a shared foe to join forces against, and this is duly provided in the form of 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 fairies and goblins, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Target Audience and Overall Impression
You won’t find very many children’s animations targeting the viewer group that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content 14-year-olds are watching instead of Twilight. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new favorite movie, but you could do worse.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.
