The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Cartoon Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Love Story

In this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to gathering baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He’s only a bit more curious about the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly creature he had imagined.

An Unlikely Bond and Shared Threat

Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to bring people together. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are said to be self-centered sorts, given to taking anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact bright and technologically advanced.

Naturally, such a setup requires a shared foe 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 serve as fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression

You won’t find very many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have first crushes, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content 14-year-olds view these days instead of Twilight. If your child is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to be their next favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.

The Tooth Fairy Story releases in movie theaters in Scotland starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.