A Tooth Fairy Tale Review: Cartoon Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Love Story
In this cartoon adventure aimed at tweens, the world of fairies is dedicated to collecting teeth from slumbering children and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to gathering baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He is just slightly more interested in the financial workings behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the hideous creature he had imagined.
An Unlikely Bond 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 one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are said to be entitled types, prone to taking anything they want, while the goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact intelligent and advanced in technology.
Naturally, this scenario needs a shared foe to unite against, and this is duly provided in the form of some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush with these guys: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.
Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression
There aren’t all that many animated films targeting the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for whatever 14-year-olds 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 favorite movie, but you could do worse.
A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.
