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Throughout this cartoon journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering baby teeth of sleeping youngsters and placing treasure beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s completely understandable. He’s only slightly more curious about the financial workings of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the ugly creature he expected.

A Forbidden Connection and Common Enemy

Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of teen romance (though it’s perfectly appropriate for younger kids). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to bring people together. Both groups portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are said to be self-centered types, given to stealing anything they want, while goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology.

Naturally, such a setup requires a common enemy to join forces 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 with these guys: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they serve as quite savage, if not especially competent, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts

You won’t find very many children’s animations targeting the viewer group 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. If your child is in the right age bracket, this is unlikely to be their next all-time fave, but you could do worse.

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