A Tooth Fairy Tale Film Analysis: Animated Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Love Story
Throughout this animated adventure aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering children and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more curious about the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious 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 not at all the hideous gnome he expected.
An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. Fairies are said to be self-centered sorts, prone to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Naturally, such a setup needs a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met 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 serve as quite savage, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Target Audience and Overall Impression
There aren’t very many children’s animations targeting the viewer group that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds view these days in lieu of Twilight. Should your youngster falls into this age group, it probably won’t to be their next favorite movie, but you could do worse.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in movie theaters in Scotland starting October 10 and the rest of the UK from 24 October.
