A Tooth Fairy Tale Film Analysis: Cartoon Journey with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Tween Romance
Throughout this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community focuses on gathering teeth from slumbering youngsters and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only a bit more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest grows when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous creature he expected.
An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy
The stage is set for an adventure with a light sprinkling of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for children). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to bring people as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are supposed to be self-centered types, given to taking anything they want, while goblins are allegedly stupid, smelly, and primitive, but are in fact bright and technologically advanced.
Naturally, such a setup needs a shared foe to unite against, and that need is met by some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret about their intentions: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they make for quite savage, if not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts
You won’t find very many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.
A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.
