The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Cartoon Journey with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Preteen Romance

Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering teeth from slumbering youngsters and leaving gold under their pillows. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. 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 spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous gnome he expected.

An Unlikely Bond and Shared Threat

The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for children). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from one another, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to bring people together. Both groups as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are said to be self-centered sorts, given to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly stupid, smelly, and backward, but are in fact bright and technologically advanced.

Naturally, this scenario needs a shared foe to unite against, and this is duly provided in the form of a group of vicious spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains.

Target Audience and Overall Impression

There aren’t all that many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, 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 across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.