🔗 Share this article A Tooth Fairy Tale Review: Animated Journey with a Sprinkling of Family-Friendly Tween Love Story Throughout this cartoon adventure for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to collecting baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and placing gold under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more interested in the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly gnome he expected. A Forbidden Connection 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 fairy and goblin groups are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings together. The two species portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered types, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, smelly, and backward, but are actually bright and technologically advanced. Of course, such a setup requires a shared foe to unite against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, voiced 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 serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not especially competent, villains. Target Audience and Overall Impression There aren’t all that many animated films aimed at the viewer group that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content teenagers view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. If your child is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to be their next all-time fave, but you could do worse. The Tooth Fairy Story releases in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.