The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Journey with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Tween Romance
In this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering teeth from slumbering children and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more interested in the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous gnome 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 younger kids). The fairy and goblin communities are estranged from one another, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings together. Both groups portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are said to be entitled types, prone to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly stupid, smelly, and primitive, but are in fact intelligent and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario needs a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts
You won’t find all that many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but are not mature enough for the content teenagers are watching in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to be their next all-time fave, 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.
