A Tooth Fairy Tale Film Analysis: Cartoon Adventure with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Tween Romance
Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on gathering baby teeth of sleeping 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 gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest grows when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves 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 gentle touch of teen romance (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are estranged from one another, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. The two species portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are said to be entitled types, prone to stealing anything they want, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, smelly, and primitive, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Of course, this scenario requires a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met by some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush with these guys: they aim to devour the fairies and goblins, and they make for quite savage, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Target Audience and Final Thoughts
You won’t find very many children’s animations targeting the viewer group that is starting to experience first crushes, but aren’t yet old enough for the content 14-year-olds are watching instead of popular teen sagas. If your child falls into this age group, this is unlikely to be their next all-time fave, but you could do worse.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.
