The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Tween Romance
Throughout this animated journey for preteens, the fairy community is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of sleeping children and leaving gold under their pillows. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only a bit more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who provide metal as payment. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the ugly creature he had imagined.
An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (even though it remains very much suitable for children). The goblin and fairy communities are estranged from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. Both groups as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are said to be entitled sorts, given to stealing anything they want, while goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact intelligent and technologically advanced.
Of course, such a setup needs a shared foe to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they make for quite savage, though not especially competent, villains.
Target Audience and Final Thoughts
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 old enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of Twilight. If your child is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to be their next favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story releases in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.
