The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Journey with a Touch of Family-Friendly Tween Romance
Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community focuses on gathering baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more curious about the underlying economics of the situation: 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 (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the hideous gnome he expected.
An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an adventure with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The fairy and goblin groups are estranged from each other, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds biased views about the opposite side. 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 a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they serve as quite savage, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
You won’t find all that many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content 14-year-olds view these days instead of popular teen sagas. If your child is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to be their next all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
