The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Love Story
Throughout this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community is dedicated to collecting teeth from slumbering children and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only slightly more interested in the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous creature he had imagined.
A Forbidden Bond and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest 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 there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are said to be self-centered types, given to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, smelly, and backward, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario requires a common enemy to unite 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 particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
You won’t find very many animated films targeting the viewer group that is starting to experience early romances, but are not mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds view these days instead of Twilight. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to be their next favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and the rest of the UK from 24 October.
