A Tooth Fairy Tale Review: Animated Journey with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance
Throughout this cartoon journey for preteens, the fairy community is dedicated to collecting teeth from sleeping children and placing treasure under their pillows. Skateboarding 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 a bit more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold as payment. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the hideous creature he had imagined.
A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from one another, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are supposed to be self-centered types, given to stealing whatever they fancy, while the goblins are reportedly stupid, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact intelligent and technologically advanced.
Of course, this scenario requires a common enemy to join forces against, and this is duly provided in the form of a group of vicious spiders, with voices 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 serve as fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Target Audience and Overall Impression
You won’t find all that many children’s animations targeting the viewer group that is starting to experience first crushes, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content 14-year-olds are watching in lieu of Twilight. Should your youngster falls into this age group, this is unlikely to become their new all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.
