The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Preteen Love Story

In this cartoon adventure for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering teeth from sleeping youngsters and placing treasure under their pillows. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous creature he had imagined.

A Forbidden Bond and Shared Threat

The stage is set for an adventure with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are said to be entitled sorts, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology.

Naturally, such a setup needs a common enemy to unite against, and this is duly provided in the form of some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret about their intentions: they aim to devour the fairies and goblins, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts

You won’t find all that many animated films targeting the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content teenagers are watching instead of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to become their new favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.

The Tooth Fairy Story releases in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and the rest of the UK from 24 October.