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In this animated journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community focuses on gathering baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Board-riding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold in exchange. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he spots a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly creature he expected.

A Forbidden Bond and Shared Threat

Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for children). The fairy and goblin groups are estranged from each other, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. The two species portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. Fairies are supposed to be entitled types, prone to taking anything they want, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are in fact intelligent and advanced in technology.

Naturally, this scenario needs a shared foe to join forces against, and this is duly provided in the form of a group of vicious spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. There’s no beating about the bush about their intentions: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, though not especially competent, villains.

Target Audience and Final Thoughts

You won’t find all that many animated films targeting the kind of audience that is beginning to have first crushes, but are not mature enough for the content teenagers view these days instead 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.