The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Adventure with a Touch of Family-Friendly Tween Romance
Throughout this animated adventure for preteens, the fairy community focuses on gathering teeth from sleeping children and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the ugly gnome he had imagined.
An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s very much suitable for children). The goblin and fairy communities are estranged 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 biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are supposed to be entitled types, given to taking whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, smelly, and primitive, but are actually bright and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario requires a shared foe to join forces against, and this is duly provided by a group of vicious 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 make for fairly bloodthirsty, though not especially competent, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts
There aren’t very many children’s animations targeting the kind of audience that is beginning to have first crushes, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever teenagers are watching in lieu of popular teen sagas. If your child falls into this age group, this is unlikely to become their new all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story releases in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.
