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In this animated adventure aimed at tweens, the fairy community is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and placing treasure under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He’s only a bit 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 grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly creature he expected.

An Unlikely Connection and Common Enemy

The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for children). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings together. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. Fairies are said to be self-centered sorts, prone to taking anything they want, while goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and primitive, but are actually bright and advanced in technology.

Of course, such a setup needs a common enemy to unite against, and that need is met by some nasty spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they make for fairly bloodthirsty, if not especially competent, villains.

Target Audience and Overall Impression

You won’t find all that many children’s animations targeting the viewer group that is starting to experience first crushes, but are not mature enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching instead of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but you could do worse.

A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland from 10 October and the rest of the UK from 24 October.