🔗 Share this article A Tooth Fairy Tale Review: Cartoon Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance Throughout this cartoon journey for preteens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more curious about the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the ugly 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 very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from each other, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. The two species portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are supposed to be entitled types, given to taking anything they want, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are actually bright and technologically advanced. Of course, this scenario needs a shared foe to unite against, and this is duly provided by some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they serve as quite savage, though not especially competent, villains. Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression You won’t find all that many children’s animations targeting the viewer group that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for the content teenagers view these days instead of Twilight. Should your youngster falls into this age group, this is unlikely to be their next all-time fave, but you could do worse. A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in Scottish cinemas from 10 October and the rest of the UK from 24 October.