A Tooth Fairy Tale Review: Cartoon Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance
Throughout this cartoon adventure aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on gathering baby teeth of sleeping children and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He’s only a bit more curious about the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly creature he had imagined.
An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy
Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of teen romance (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The fairy and goblin groups are estranged from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to bring people as one. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet each holds biased views about the opposite side. The fairies are supposed to be self-centered sorts, given to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact bright and technologically advanced.
Of course, such a setup needs a shared foe to join forces against, and this is duly provided in the form of a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret about their intentions: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts
You won’t find very many animated films targeting the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of Twilight. If your child falls into this age group, this is unlikely to be their next all-time fave, but you could do worse.
A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.
