The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Journey with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance

Throughout this cartoon adventure for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more interested in the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. But Van’s curiosity grows when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly gnome he had imagined.

An Unlikely Connection and Shared Threat

The stage is set for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (though it’s very much suitable for younger kids). The goblin and fairy communities are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people as one. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly dim-witted, smelly, and primitive, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.

Of course, this scenario needs a shared foe to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret about their intentions: they aim to devour the fairies and goblins, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.

Target Audience and Final Thoughts

You won’t find all that many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have first crushes, but are not mature enough for the content teenagers view these days instead of Twilight. Should your youngster falls into this age group, this is unlikely to become their new favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.

A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.