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Throughout this animated adventure for preteens, the fairy community is dedicated to gathering teeth from slumbering children and leaving gold under their pillows. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more curious about the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who provide metal in exchange. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous gnome he had imagined.

A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat

The stage is set for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains very much suitable for younger kids). The goblin and fairy communities are estranged from one another, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. The two species as seen here are remarkably alike, yet both maintain biased views about the opposite side. The fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, given to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are allegedly dim-witted, smelly, and primitive, but are actually bright and advanced in technology.

Of course, this scenario requires a shared foe to join forces against, and that need is met by a group of vicious spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they aim to devour the goblins and fairies, and they serve as quite savage, though not especially competent, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts

There aren’t all that many animated films targeting the viewer group that is beginning to have first crushes, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever 14-year-olds are watching instead of Twilight. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new all-time fave, but you could do worse.

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