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In a world where Tooth Fairies work for an outdated bureaucratic agency, a jaded Tooth Fairy is denied retirement until she retrieves a debt from the only man whose teeth she never collected — forcing them both into a collision with his unresolved past he’s spent a lifetime avoiding.

A woman with short red hair, wearing a white dress with feather details, appears to be shouting or surprised in an indoor setting with a fireplace and plants in the background. Bedazzled. Elizabeth Hurley

Stella the Tooth Fairy

At the center of it all is Stella Baccone — 60s, silver-haired, crown permanently crooked, cigarette permanently lit, and as much attitude as your aunt when you say you’re ‘figuring life out’ at 29. She’s the department’s longest-serving field agent, a former human mother who loves too intensely, yells too intensely, and is most likely someone who should not legally be given a wand. Stella became a Tooth Fairy as a kind of cosmic community service, tasked with collecting a generation’s worth of teeth to make amends for the ones she fumbled in her first life. She’s hit her quotas more often than not, filled out every soul-sucking form, and survived 15 years of corporate oversight. But there is just one big issue. She’s missing teeth. Sure, a few teeth going missing is normal — paperwork glitches, field slip-ups, the usual magical-bureaucratic wear and tear. But an entire client’s dental record missing? In this department, that isn’t human error; it’s institutional negligence. Stella calls it “one of those decades.” More importantly, her emotional file remains… incomplete.

Stella doesn’t believe in destiny, but HR does. And HR says she can’t retire until one final case is closed.

  • A woman with curly blond hair wearing a bright green top and large green bow, talking on a landline phone, sitting on a sofa with cardboard boxes and clutter behind her. Rhea Pearlman. Matilda.
  • A woman with dark curly hair, wearing a black uniform with white trim, smiling and laughing in a living room setting. The Nanny, Fran Drescher.
  • A woman wearing sunglasses and a red fuzzy jacket sitting on a bus or train with empty seats around her. Bedazzled. Elizabeth Hurley.
  • An older woman with blonde hair, red manicure, smoking a cigarette, and holding her finger to her lips. Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear.
  • Close-up of an elderly woman with pink hairstyle and red lipstick wearing large eyeglasses, looking into a peephole, with a suburban neighborhood landscape in the background. Cat in the Hat babysitter.
  • A woman with curly blonde hair wearing a leopard print suit stands outdoors near a green station wagon. A young girl with a gray dress and short hair is in the background, holding a piece of paper. Rhea Pearlman, Matilda.
  • A woman with blonde hair smoking a cigarette in a kitchen, holding a cloth or towel in her hand, standing near a stove surrounded by kitchen utensils and appliances. Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear.
  • A woman with purple hair and glasses wearing a red glittery top, singing. Shrek 2, Fairy Godmother.
  • A woman in a red dress with a slit, dancing in a dimly lit room with art and a fireplace in the background. Bedazzled, Elizabeth Hurley.
  • Animated older woman with gray hair, glasses, and elegant clothing pointing a magic wand with a spark in a sunny room with stained glass windows. Shrek 2, Fairy Godmother.
  • A woman with dark brown hair wearing a red, sequined dress and a gold headband, holding a cigarette, in a dark setting with warm lighting. Bedazzled, Elizabeth Hurley.
  • An elderly woman with blonde hair, wearing a patterned blouse, is gesturing with her hand while speaking indoors near a window with blinds. Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear.
  • A woman with curly black hair ascending a staircase in a vintage-styled interior, wearing a green patterned blouse and black pants. The Nanny, Fran Drescher.
  • A woman pours a bottle of liquor into a glass with ice, looking displeased or tired. That 70's Show, Kitty Foreman.
  • A woman with pink hair, glasses, and colorful makeup talking on a vintage phone in a brightly decorated room with green walls and purple paint splatters. Cat in the Hat, Babysitter.

Toby Morris

Enter Toby Morris — late 20s, painfully average, emotionally complicated, clinically consistent. A neat-freak raised in a home that ran on arguments, thrown objects, and quiet apologies from his softer-hearted mother. When she died suddenly, the world stopped feeling safe, change stopped feeling possible, and adulthood stopped feeling optional. Toby grew into a man who organizes his spices alphabetically but his grief chronologically. He wants life to be predictable, tidy, controlled. Stella wants life unfiltered, ungoverned, unbothered.

  • A young man with brown hair looking to the side, wearing a blue jacket over a sweater and shirt in an indoor setting. Brendan Fraiser, Bedazzled.
  • A man with dark hair and a white shirt sitting with arms crossed in a room with large windows and curtains, with a lamp and chair in the background. Mr.Nobody, Jared Leto.
  • Young man with dark hair, wearing a black coat, white shirt, and striped tie, standing outdoors under a bridge or structure, carrying a bag over his shoulder, with trees in the background. Submarine.
  • Close-up of a man with dark hair and a serious expression, dressed in a white shirt, in an indoor setting with a plant and candles in the background. The Graduate.
  • A man with dark hair wearing a beige jacket standing inside a home near a wall with framed pictures and a coat rack. The Graduate
  • Animated elderly man with white hair, glasses, beige shirt, black bow tie, suspenders, standing outdoors on street with trees and house in background. UP.

When the system forces their goals into alignment, Stella and Toby must strike an uneasy partnership and venture forth on a road-trip-meets-audit-trail through memory, family fallout, childhood relics, and one very overdue dental bill. They are opposites in every measurable way, except one — they both resent doing what they’re supposed to do, even when it’s the thing they need most.

The Tooth Fairy is a film about grief that bites, comedy that heals, and magic that shows up not when you deserve it, but when you finally stop trying to dodge the call.

It’s weird. It’s warm. It sparkles, but it also chain-smokes in the parking lot.

And it deserves to be made. make all the difference.

Dynamic Duo References

  • Shrek lying in bed with Donkey standing nearby, both characters from the animated film. Shrek 2
  • A man in a white t-shirt is resting his arms on a chair at a kitchen table next to a bear costume character sitting with its arms raised. The room has large windows with curtains, and various household items are visible in the background. TED
  • Animated scene with a young boy in a scout uniform looking through binoculars and an older man with gray hair, glasses, and a cane, standing outdoors in a rocky landscape. UP.
  • Animated robot with a blue body and red limbs, holding a small camera with a lens, standing in front of a spaceship or space station. Robots.
  • A young man and woman standing close together outdoors. The woman, wearing sunglasses and a red jacket, appears to be talking happily to the man, who is looking down with a neutral expression, holding a cup. Bedazzled, Elizabeth Hurley

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Movie Inspirations

  • Movie poster for Disney's A Christmas Carol featuring a caricatured old man with glasses, a top hat, a red scarf, and a blue coat, holding a lit candle. The background depicts a snowy Victorian-era town at night with horse-drawn carriages and people. The title is prominently displayed in red letters, with the release date and formats at the bottom.
  • Movie poster for 'Bedazzled' featuring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley, with Fraser holding a lit match and a paper, and Hurley with a snake draped over her shoulder. The background is red, and there is text describing the film.
  • Promotional poster for the animated film 'Monsters, Inc.' featuring Sulley and Mike Wazowski from Pixar's 'Toy Story' and 'Monsters, Inc.' with the text 'In Cinemas Soon'.
  • Poster for the film 'Mr. Nobody' featuring a split image of two faces, one older woman and one young man, with concentric circles overlay; includes film title, director's name, cast, and tagline.
  • Promotional poster for the film 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' displaying a woman in the foreground with a determined expression, reaching forward. Behind her, a large figure with a plaid hat and face covered, surrounded by smaller characters and colorful confetti, with bold white text saying 'Everywhere Everywhere All at Once' and a red fiery background.
  • The movie poster for 'Shrek 2' featuring characters Shrek, Donkey, Fiona, Fairy Godmother, Puss in Boots, and others against a blue sky background with a large green number two in the center.
  • A promotional poster for the movie "The Cat in the Hat" featuring a person with a cat's face, wearing a red and white striped hat, holding a fishbowl with a fish inside. The title is in bold white and red letters, and the background is blue.
  • The Grinch's green hand holding a red Christmas ornament with a cracked surface, wearing a Santa sleeve, with the text 'You better watch out!' at the top and promotional details for the movie 'The Grinch' at the bottom.
  • A neon-lit flyer for the film 'Brazil' features a woman with angel wings flying upward against a background of filing cabinets, with the title 'Brazil' in large neon cursive at the top.
  • Movie poster for "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" featuring a large planet Earth in space with a bright light shining on it. Silhouettes of a person and a robot walking on a pathway with small lights. The title appears in large metallic letters diagonally across the poster. The phrase "Don't Leave Earth Without It" is at the top, and "Don't Panic" is at the bottom.
  • The poster for the animated movie 'Robots,' featuring two robots in the foreground against a futuristic cityscape background. The title 'Robots' is prominently displayed at the top, with cast members listed above and the tagline 'Repair for Adventure!' below.

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