The Hairy Tooth Fairy 2
El Ratón Pérez 2
Detailed parental analysis
The Little Mouse 2 is a light and colourful family comedy, carried along by a joyful atmosphere and humour accessible to young children. The plot follows the little mouse, overwhelmed by her work, who must face a greedy manager threatening to reveal her existence to the world, whilst a young girl and her mother attempt to rebuild their bond through music. The film is clearly aimed at nursery and early primary school children, with a few emotional elements that also resonate with parents.
Underlying Values
The film builds its narrative around several well-articulated positive values. Teamwork lies at the heart of the main arc: the little mouse learns that wanting to manage everything alone leads to exhaustion, and that delegating is a strength. Greed is clearly identified as a flaw through the character of the manager, whose purely financial motivations are presented unambiguously as condemnable. The resolution of sibling conflict is treated with a certain honesty: meanness between brother and sister is shown as it is, and the final apology is valued without being softened. These messages are coherent and well integrated into the narrative, without being delivered in a moralising manner.
Parental and Family Portrayals
The parental figure lies at the heart of one of the film's most interesting narrative threads. The mother is presented as absorbed by her career to the point of neglecting her relationship with her daughter, and it is the shared practice of music that allows them both to reconnect. This portrait is nuanced: the mother is not vilified, but the film clearly raises the question of shared time as a condition of emotional bonds. This is a particularly rich angle for discussion with children, who can easily project themselves into the young girl's situation.
Social Themes
The film touches upon, through the character of the manager, a critique of commercial logic applied to what should remain within the realm of childhood imagination. The idea that the little mouse's secret is worth money, and that some adults are willing to sacrifice the magic of childhood to profit from it, is a subtext accessible even to young viewers. It is not a theme developed in depth, but it offers a concrete entry point for discussing with a child the difference between what has commercial value and what has affective or symbolic value.
Strengths
The film has the merit of not reducing its message to a single point: it weaves several narrative threads in parallel, each carrying a distinct theme, which gives it an unusual density for a film aimed at very young children. The question of the mother-daughter bond is treated with genuine emotional sincerity, and the character of the little mouse benefits from a coherent arc of development. The film also carefully preserves the logic of childhood belief, by accepting that an eight-year-old child can still believe in the little mouse without this being presented as a naivety to be corrected.
Age recommendation and discussion points
The film is suitable from age 6 onwards, the age at which children can follow the different narrative threads and be moved by the emotional stakes without being disturbed. Two angles of discussion deserve to be opened after viewing: why does the manager want to reveal the little mouse's secret, and what do we lose when we turn something magical into a paid spectacle? And also: is the young girl's mother a bad mother, or has she simply forgotten something important?
Synopsis
Eight year old Lucas would like to know how the Tooth Fairy exchanges coins for teeth without getting caught. He is determined to stay awake all night to find out. Meanwhile, a little mouse falls into a trap set by a dishonest contractor who is desperate to tell the world his secret, that the mouse is the Tooth Fairy. Lucas and his family has to do everything in their power to help the sweet little mouse with its mission, which since time immemorial, is to make children happy...
About this title
- Format
- Feature film
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Countries
- Argentina, Israel, Spain
- Original language
- ES
- Directed by
- Andrés G. Schaer
- Main cast
- Claudia Fontán, Manuel Manquiña, Matías Sandor, Camila Riveros, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Manuela Velasco, Joe Rígoli, Marcos Woinsky, Edda Díaz, Miguel Dedovich
- Studios
- Patagonik, Bren Entertainment, Keytoon Animation Studio, Crew 972, Zinkia Entertainment, Buena Vista International, Filmax, Castelao Productions, INCAA, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, ICEC, Consorcio Audiovisual de Galicia, ICO
Content barometer
- Violence0/5None
- Fear1/5Mild
- Sexuality0/5None
- Language0/5None
- Narrative complexity1/5Accessible
- Adult themes0/5None
Values conveyed
- Friendship
- Perseverance
- Forgiveness
- courage
- teamwork
- family