A Tooth Fairy Tale Review: Animated Journey with a Touch of Family-Friendly Preteen Love Story
Throughout this animated adventure for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering teeth from slumbering youngsters and leaving treasure under their pillows. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more interested in the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to mysterious goblins, who supply gold as payment. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous gnome he expected.
An Unlikely Connection and Shared Threat
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for children). The goblin and fairy communities are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered sorts, prone to taking anything they want, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact intelligent and technologically advanced.
Of course, this scenario needs a shared foe to join forces against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, with voices 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 make for quite savage, if not especially competent, villains.
Target Audience and Overall Impression
You won’t find very many children’s animations targeting the kind of audience that is starting to experience first crushes, but aren’t yet old enough for the content teenagers are watching in lieu of popular teen sagas. If your child falls into this age group, this is unlikely to be their next favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in movie theaters in Scotland starting October 10 and the rest of the UK from 24 October.
