🔗 Share this article A Tooth Fairy Tale Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Touch of Family-Friendly Preteen Love Story In this cartoon journey for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of slumbering children and placing gold under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He’s only a bit more curious about the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous creature he expected. An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for children). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. The two species as seen here are remarkably alike, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. Fairies are supposed to be entitled types, prone to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly dim-witted, smelly, and backward, but are in fact intelligent and technologically advanced. Naturally, such a setup needs a shared foe to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of some nasty spiders, voiced 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 particularly skilled, villains. Target Audience and Final Thoughts There aren’t all that many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is starting to experience first crushes, but are not old enough for whatever 14-year-olds view these days instead of popular teen sagas. If your child is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely 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 from 24 October.