A Tooth Fairy Tale Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Tween Love Story
Throughout this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies is dedicated to collecting baby teeth of sleeping children and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. 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. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the hideous gnome he expected.
A Forbidden Connection and Common Enemy
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (though it’s very much suitable for children). The goblin and fairy communities are estranged from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings together. Both groups portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are said to be entitled sorts, given to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Of course, this scenario needs a common enemy to unite against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret about their intentions: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they serve as quite savage, though not especially competent, villains.
Target Audience and Final Thoughts
There aren’t all that many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but are not mature enough for the content 14-year-olds view these days instead of popular teen sagas. If your child falls into this age group, this is unlikely 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.
