The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Preteen Romance

In this animated journey for preteens, the fairy community focuses on gathering teeth from slumbering youngsters and leaving treasure under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who provide metal in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the ugly creature he had imagined.

A Forbidden Connection and Common Enemy

Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from one another, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet each holds biased views about the opposite side. The fairies are said to be entitled types, prone to taking anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are actually bright and technologically advanced.

Of course, this scenario requires a shared foe to unite against, and this is duly provided by some nasty 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 serve as quite savage, if not particularly skilled, villains.

Target Audience and Overall Impression

You won’t find very many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, this is unlikely to become their new all-time fave, but you could do worse.

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