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Throughout this animated journey for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to collecting teeth from sleeping children and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He is just slightly more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to mysterious goblins, who supply gold as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly gnome he had imagined.

A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat

Everything is prepared for an adventure with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The fairy and goblin groups are separated from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. The two species as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are supposed to be self-centered sorts, given to taking whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly dim-witted, smelly, and primitive, but are actually intelligent and technologically advanced.

Of course, such a setup requires a common enemy to unite against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, voiced 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 quite savage, if not particularly skilled, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts

There aren’t very many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, this is unlikely to be their next favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.

A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in movie theaters in Scotland starting October 10 and the rest of the UK beginning October 24.