🔗 Share this article The Tooth Fairy Story Film Analysis: Animated Journey with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance Throughout this cartoon adventure aimed at tweens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of slumbering children and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment 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 unseen goblins, who supply gold as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous creature he had imagined. An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy The stage is set for an adventure with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people as one. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet each holds biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are supposed to be entitled types, given to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact intelligent and advanced in technology. Naturally, such a setup needs a common enemy 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 with these guys: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they make for quite savage, if not especially competent, villains. Target Audience and Final Thoughts There aren’t all that many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have first crushes, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of Twilight. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t 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 beginning October 24.