🔗 Share this article The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Animated Adventure with a Sprinkling of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Love Story Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community focuses on gathering baby teeth of slumbering children and leaving 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 gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He’s only slightly more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal 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 hideous creature he expected. A Forbidden Bond and Shared Threat The stage is set for an adventure with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains very much suitable for children). The fairy and goblin communities are estranged from each other, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to bring people together. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the other. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered sorts, prone to taking anything they want, while the goblins are reportedly dim-witted, smelly, and primitive, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology. Naturally, such a setup requires a shared foe to unite against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, if not especially competent, villains. Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression You won’t find very many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for the content teenagers view these days instead of popular teen sagas. 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. A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.