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In this animated journey for preteens, the world of fairies is dedicated to collecting teeth from sleeping children and leaving gold under their pillows. Skateboarding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only slightly more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who provide metal in exchange. But Van’s curiosity grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the ugly gnome he had imagined.

A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat

Everything is prepared for an adventure with a gentle touch of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for younger kids). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from one another, and nothing fuels the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. The two species as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are supposed to be entitled sorts, prone to stealing anything they want, while goblins are allegedly stupid, foul-smelling, and backward, but are actually intelligent and advanced in technology.

Of course, this scenario requires a common enemy to join forces against, and that need is met in the form of some nasty spiders, voiced 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 fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression

You won’t find all that many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but aren’t yet old enough for whatever teenagers view these days instead 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.

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