The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance
Throughout this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and leaving gold under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He’s only a bit more interested in the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the ugly gnome he expected.
An Unlikely Bond and Shared Threat
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for younger kids). The fairy and goblin groups are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to bring people together. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered sorts, given to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact intelligent and technologically advanced.
Naturally, this scenario requires a shared foe to join forces against, and that need is met by some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
There aren’t all that many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is starting to experience first crushes, but aren’t yet mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, it probably won’t to be their next all-time fave, but you could do worse.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.
