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Throughout this animated journey aimed at tweens, the fairy community focuses on gathering baby teeth of slumbering youngsters and placing gold beneath where they sleep. Skateboarding teenage rebel fairy Van (brought to life by Booboo Stewart) shows little enthusiasm about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a feeling that’s entirely reasonable. He’s only slightly more interested in the underlying economics behind it all: the fairies hand over the molars to mysterious goblins, who supply gold in exchange. However, Van’s interest is piqued when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the ugly gnome he expected.

An Unlikely Connection and Shared Threat

Everything is prepared for an exciting quest with a light sprinkling of teen romance (though it’s very much suitable for younger kids). The fairy and goblin communities are estranged from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to bring people as one. Both groups as seen here are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the opposite side. The fairies are supposed to be entitled types, prone to stealing whatever they fancy, while the goblins are reportedly dim-witted, smelly, and backward, but are actually bright and advanced in technology.

Of course, such a setup needs a common enemy to unite against, and this is duly provided by some nasty spiders, with voices 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, though not especially competent, villains.

Target Audience and Overall Impression

There aren’t very many animated films aimed at the kind of audience that is starting to experience early romances, but are not mature enough for whatever teenagers are watching instead of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, it probably won’t to become their new favorite movie, but you could do worse.

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