The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Animated Journey with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Tween Romance
Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community is dedicated to collecting baby teeth of sleeping youngsters and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only a bit more curious about the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the ugly gnome he had imagined.
An Unlikely Connection and Shared Threat
The stage is set for an adventure with a light sprinkling of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin communities are estranged from one another, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings together. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered sorts, given to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are actually bright and advanced in technology.
Naturally, such a setup requires a shared foe to join forces against, and this is duly provided by some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they make for quite savage, though not especially competent, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
There aren’t all that many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have first crushes, but are not mature enough for the content 14-year-olds view these days in lieu of Twilight. If your child falls into this age group, this is unlikely to become their new favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
