The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Animated Journey with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Tween Love Story

In this animated adventure aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting teeth from sleeping youngsters and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold as payment. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the ugly creature he had imagined.

A Forbidden Bond and Common Enemy

The stage is set for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of teen romance (even though it remains very much suitable for younger kids). The goblin and fairy communities are separated from one another, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to bring people as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are supposed 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 bright and technologically advanced.

Naturally, such a setup needs a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.

Target Audience and Overall Impression

You won’t find all that many animated films targeting the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, this is unlikely to be their next favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.

The Tooth Fairy Story releases in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.