The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Cartoon Adventure with a Touch of Family-Friendly Tween Romance
Throughout this cartoon adventure aimed at tweens, the fairy community focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced 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 hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who provide metal as payment. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the ugly gnome he had imagined.
An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The fairy and goblin groups are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain biased views about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered types, prone to stealing whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology.
Naturally, such a setup requires a common enemy to unite against, and this is duly provided by a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
You won’t find all that many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for whatever teenagers view these days instead of Twilight. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to become their new favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.
The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
