A Tooth Fairy Tale Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Tween Love Story
In this animated journey for preteens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting teeth from slumbering children and placing treasure under their pillows. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to gathering baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more interested in the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to mysterious goblins, who supply gold as payment. But Van’s curiosity grows when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous creature he had imagined.
An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy
The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (even though it remains very much suitable for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to bring people as one. Both groups as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered types, given to taking anything they want, while goblins are reportedly stupid, smelly, and backward, but are in fact bright and technologically advanced.
Naturally, such a setup needs a shared foe to unite against, and this is duly provided by some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they aim to devour the fairies and goblins, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Target Audience and Overall Impression
There aren’t very many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have first crushes, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching in lieu of Twilight. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to be their next favorite movie, but you could do worse.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.
