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Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the world of fairies is dedicated to gathering teeth from sleeping children and leaving gold beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He is just a bit more interested in the financial workings of the situation: the fairies hand over the molars to unseen goblins, who supply gold as payment. But Van’s curiosity is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who turns out to be far from the hideous gnome he expected.

A Forbidden Bond and Common Enemy

Everything is prepared for an adventure with a light sprinkling of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The fairy and goblin communities are separated from one another, and there’s nothing like the thrill of the forbidden to bring people as one. The two species portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet both maintain biased views about the opposite side. Fairies are supposed to be self-centered types, prone to taking whatever they fancy, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, smelly, and primitive, but are actually intelligent and technologically advanced.

Of course, this scenario needs 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. They make no secret about their intentions: they aim to devour the fairies and goblins, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, if not especially competent, villains.

Target Audience and Overall Impression

You won’t find very many animated films targeting the kind of audience that is beginning to have early romances, but are not old enough for the content 14-year-olds are watching instead of Twilight. If your child is in the right age bracket, it probably won’t to be their next all-time fave, but it’s a decent choice.

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