The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Tween Romance
In this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on gathering teeth from slumbering youngsters and placing treasure under their pillows. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to gathering baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more curious about the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the ugly creature he expected.
An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an adventure with a light sprinkling of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from each other, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. The two species portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. Fairies are said to be self-centered sorts, given to taking anything they want, while goblins are reportedly stupid, smelly, and backward, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Of course, this scenario requires a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of some nasty spiders, with voices 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 fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts
You won’t find all that many children’s animations targeting the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content teenagers view these days instead of popular teen sagas. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to be their next all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.
