🔗 Share this article The Tooth Fairy Story Review: Cartoon Adventure with a Touch of Kid-Appropriate Preteen Romance In this animated journey for preteens, the fairy community is dedicated to collecting baby teeth of slumbering children and placing gold under their pillows. 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 entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more interested in the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold as payment. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous creature he expected. A Forbidden Bond and Common Enemy The stage is set for an adventure with a light sprinkling of teen romance (though it’s perfectly appropriate for children). The fairy and goblin groups are estranged from one another, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to bring people as one. The two species as seen here are remarkably alike, yet each holds biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are said to be self-centered sorts, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, smelly, and primitive, but are actually bright and technologically advanced. Naturally, this scenario requires a common enemy to unite against, and that need is met in the form of some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, though not particularly skilled, villains. Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression There aren’t all that many children’s animations targeting the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching instead of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to become their new favorite movie, but you could do worse. A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.