The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Cartoon Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance

In this animated adventure for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of slumbering children and placing treasure under their pillows. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He’s only slightly more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the hideous creature he had imagined.

A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat

Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are estranged from one another, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings together. Both groups portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet both maintain biased views about the other. The fairies are said to be entitled sorts, given to taking anything they want, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, smelly, and primitive, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology.

Of course, such a setup needs a common enemy to unite against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret 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 Final Thoughts

You won’t find very many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but are not old enough for the content teenagers are watching in lieu of Twilight. Should your youngster falls into this age group, this is unlikely 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 the rest of the UK beginning October 24.