The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Tween Love Story
Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies is dedicated to collecting teeth from slumbering children and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous creature he expected.
A Forbidden Bond and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin groups are estranged from each other, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings together. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered sorts, given to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario requires a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met by some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they make for quite savage, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Target Audience and Final Thoughts
You won’t find all that many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have first crushes, but are not old enough for the content 14-year-olds are watching in lieu of Twilight. Should your youngster falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.
