The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Cartoon Journey with a Touch of Family-Friendly Preteen Romance
In this cartoon adventure aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering children and placing treasure under their pillows. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to mysterious goblins, who provide metal in exchange. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly gnome he had imagined.
An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin groups are separated from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered sorts, given to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact intelligent and advanced in technology.
Of course, such a setup needs a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of 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 make for fairly bloodthirsty, if not especially competent, villains.
Target Audience and Final Thoughts
There aren’t all that many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is starting to experience early romances, but are not mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching instead of Twilight. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to become their new favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
