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Throughout this cartoon journey for preteens, the world of fairies focuses on collecting baby teeth of slumbering children and leaving treasure beneath where they sleep. Board-riding youthful nonconformist fairy Van (voiced by Booboo Stewart) is less than thrilled about spending his future to collecting baby teeth—a sentiment that’s completely understandable. He’s only slightly more interested in the underlying economics of the situation: the fairies deliver the teeth to unseen goblins, who supply gold as payment. However, Van’s interest grows when he spots a goblin (voiced by Larkin Bell), who proves to be far from the ugly gnome he had imagined.

An Unlikely Bond and Common Enemy

The stage is set for an exciting quest with a gentle touch of young love (even though it remains perfectly appropriate for children). The goblin and fairy groups are estranged from one another, and nothing fuels the thrill of the forbidden to unite beings as one. Both groups portrayed in the film are incredibly similar, yet each holds prejudiced beliefs about the other. Fairies are supposed to be entitled types, prone to taking anything they want, while goblins are reportedly dim-witted, foul-smelling, and backward, but are actually intelligent and technologically advanced.

Of course, such a setup requires 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 want to eat the goblins and fairies, and they serve as fairly bloodthirsty, if not particularly skilled, villains.

Ideal Viewers and Overall Impression

There aren’t all that many children’s animations aimed at the kind of audience that is beginning to have first crushes, but aren’t yet mature enough for the content teenagers view these days in lieu of popular teen sagas. Should your youngster falls into this age group, this is unlikely to be their next favorite movie, but you could do worse.

A Tooth Fairy Tale arrives in movie theaters in Scotland starting October 10 and across the United Kingdom beginning October 24.