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Throughout this cartoon adventure aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering children and placing gold beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the hideous gnome he had imagined.

An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy

Everything is prepared for an adventure with a light sprinkling of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The goblin and fairy communities are estranged from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. The two species portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the opposite side. The fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, given to taking whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly stupid, smelly, and primitive, but are actually intelligent and technologically advanced.

Naturally, such a setup requires a common enemy to unite against, and this is duly provided by a group of vicious spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret about their intentions: they aim to devour the fairies and goblins, and they serve as quite savage, 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 aren’t yet mature enough for the content 14-year-olds are watching instead of popular teen sagas. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.

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