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In this cartoon adventure aimed at tweens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting teeth from slumbering children and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to gathering baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He’s only a bit more interested in the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest grows when he catches sight of a goblin (played by Larkin Bell), who proves to be not at all the hideous gnome he expected.

A Forbidden Connection and Shared Threat

Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (though it’s perfectly appropriate for children). The goblin and fairy communities are separated from one another, and there’s nothing like the excitement of secrecy to unite beings as one. The two species portrayed in the film are remarkably alike, yet both maintain prejudiced beliefs about the other. The fairies are said to be self-centered types, prone to stealing anything they want, while the goblins are reportedly dim-witted, smelly, and primitive, but are in fact intelligent and technologically advanced.

Of course, such a setup needs a shared foe to unite against, and this is duly provided in the form of a group of vicious spiders, with voices by Jon Lovitz and Fran Drescher. They make no secret about their intentions: they want to eat the fairies and goblins, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Final Thoughts

There aren’t very many animated films targeting the viewer group that is starting to experience early romances, but are not mature enough for the content 14-year-olds are watching in lieu of popular teen sagas. If your child falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new favorite movie, but it’s a decent choice.

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