🔗 Share this article A Tooth Fairy Tale Review: Cartoon Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance In this cartoon adventure for preteens, the fairy community focuses on gathering baby teeth of sleeping children and placing gold beneath where they sleep. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more interested in the financial workings behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the hideous creature he had imagined. An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy The stage is set for an adventure with a gentle touch of teen romance (though it’s perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The fairy and goblin groups are separated from each other, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings together. Both groups as seen here are remarkably alike, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are supposed to be entitled types, given to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology. Of course, this scenario requires a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met by some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they make for 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 starting to experience first crushes, but aren’t yet old enough for the content 14-year-olds view these days instead of Twilight. If your child is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to be their next all-time fave, 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.