A Tooth Fairy Tale Film Analysis: Animated Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Tween Love Story
In this cartoon adventure for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering teeth from slumbering youngsters and placing treasure under their pillows. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only slightly more curious about the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous gnome he had imagined.
A Forbidden Bond and Shared Threat
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of teen romance (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. Both groups as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds biased views about the other. The fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, given to taking anything they want, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are actually intelligent and technologically advanced.
Of course, 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. They make no secret about their intentions: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, if not especially competent, villains.
Target Audience and Overall Impression
There aren’t very many children’s animations targeting the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for the content teenagers 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 from 10 October and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.
