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In this cartoon journey for preteens, the fairy community focuses on collecting teeth from slumbering children and placing gold under their pillows. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about devoting his life to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He is just slightly more curious about the financial workings behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who provide metal as payment. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he catches sight of a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the hideous creature he had imagined.

An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy

The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s very much suitable for younger kids). The goblin and fairy groups are estranged from each other, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to bring people as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet each holds biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are said to be self-centered sorts, given to taking whatever they fancy, while the goblins are allegedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are actually bright and technologically advanced.

Naturally, this scenario needs a shared foe to join forces against, and this is duly provided in the form of some nasty spiders, voiced by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret with these guys: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they make for quite savage, though not particularly skilled, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression

There aren’t very many children’s animations aimed at the viewer group that is beginning to have first crushes, but are not old enough for whatever 14-year-olds view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. If your child is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to become their new favorite movie, but you could do worse.

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