🔗 Share this article A Tooth Fairy Tale Review: Animated Journey 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 leaving gold under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just a bit more curious about the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to mysterious goblins, who supply gold as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the ugly gnome he had imagined. A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are separated from one another, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people together. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are supposed to be self-centered types, given to stealing whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact intelligent and advanced in technology. Naturally, this scenario needs a shared foe to join forces against, and this is duly provided by some nasty 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 serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains. Target Audience and Overall Impression There aren’t very many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching in lieu of Twilight. If your child is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but you could do worse. The Tooth Fairy Story arrives in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.