The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Animated Adventure with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Tween Romance
Throughout this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering children and placing treasure under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more curious about the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous creature he expected.
An Unlikely Bond and Shared Threat
Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s very much suitable for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from one another, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people as one. The two species portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. Fairies are said to be entitled sorts, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact bright and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario requires a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of a group of vicious 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 serve as quite savage, if not especially competent, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
You won’t find very many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but are not mature enough for the content teenagers view these days instead of Twilight. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story releases in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
