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Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on gathering baby teeth of sleeping youngsters and leaving treasure under their pillows. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only slightly more curious about the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be not at all the ugly creature he expected.

A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat

Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of teen romance (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The goblin and fairy groups are estranged from each other, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to bring people together. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet both maintain biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are said to be self-centered types, prone to stealing whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are in fact bright and technologically advanced.

Naturally, such a setup requires a shared foe to unite against, and that need is met 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.

Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts

There aren’t all that many children’s animations targeting the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever teenagers view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but you could do worse.

A Tooth Fairy Tale releases in Scottish cinemas starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom from 24 October.