The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Tween Romance
In this animated journey for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to collecting baby teeth of sleeping youngsters and leaving treasure under their pillows. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more curious about the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous gnome he expected.
An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of teen romance (even though it remains very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin groups are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings together. Both groups as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, smelly, and backward, but are in fact intelligent and advanced in technology.
Of course, such a setup requires a common enemy to join forces against, and this is duly provided in the form of some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they serve as quite savage, if not especially competent, villains.
Target Audience and Final Thoughts
You won’t find very many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching instead of Twilight. If your child is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to be their next all-time fave, but you could do worse.
A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.
