Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Name: Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Released: February 7, 2020
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 60
Cast: A. Brian Daniels, Ai-Chan Carrier, Alan H. King, Allie Dunbar, Caitlin Weierhauser

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Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): February 7, 2020 | PG

Starring: A. Brian Daniels, Ai-Chan Carrier, Alan H. King, Allie Dunbar, Caitlin Weierhauser, Chloe Coleman, Craig Robinson, Julian Lerner, Kei, Kyle Bornheimer, Matt Lewis, Nicole Anthony, Ophelia Lovibond, Paul Moniz de Sa, Ruby Matenko, Santiago Veizaga, Sydney Winbush, Wallace Shawn, Winslow Fegley

Summary: An 11-year old boy who believes that he is the best detective in town runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound polar bear.

Director: Thomas McCarthy

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 99 min

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John DeFore

Feb 6, 2020

If you're reading this review because you're wondering what to cue up on your Disney+ subscription, Timmy Failure is the best of the new service's original programs by a wide margin. (Take that, you one-note Baby Yoda.) Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jan 27, 2020

One of those quick-witted films in which if one character or plot thread doesn’t work for you, all you have to do is wait a minute for another. Read full review

Rafael Motamayor

Feb 11, 2020

Tom McCarthy gives us a film that serves for a fun family movie night, complete with important lessons, deadpan humor, and, well, a polar bear. Read full review

Clint Worthington

Feb 6, 2020

Think of Timmy Failure like a food truck: the best ones do one or two things really well, and commit to just doing those things. With McCarthy et al., Timmy Failure‘s virtues are an expertly-delivered dry wit that works for kids and adults alike, and a series of adorable performances, from Fegley and the rest of the kids to the all-too-game adults. Read full review

James Dyer

Mar 25, 2020

A frothy fantasy about a boy and his bear that makes up for in style what it lacks in substance. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Feb 6, 2020

The quiet humanity of McCarthy’s filmmaking meshes oddly with the material’s zanier demands, finally reaching an anodyne middle ground. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Mar 4, 2020

The movie leans too heavily on quirk to express character and we are left as annoyed at Timmy’s antics as the adults in his life or the kids in his class (save the one girl who finds him “fascinating”). Read full review

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NavyBean

Feb 7, 2020

from "Pearls Before Swine" cartoonist Stephan Pastis and Academy Award winner Tom McCarthy comes the funniest film I've seen in years. Kids will love it and adults might like it even more. Great performances abound and the script is tighter than my Uncle Phil at a Quinceañera.

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CityOfGeek

Feb 10, 2020

Timmy Failure, Mistakes Were Made is a very fun, incredibly charming story of imagination and the fun of a odd-outlook on life. It’s adapted from the book written by Stephen Pastis, creator of newspaper comic Pearls Before Swine, so you know there will be a strong, often-slightly-dementedTimmy Failure, Mistakes Were Made is a very fun, incredibly charming story of imagination and the fun of a odd-outlook on life. It’s adapted from the book written by Stephen Pastis, creator of newspaper comic Pearls Before Swine, so you know there will be a strong, often-slightly-demented and odd sense of humor (hell, it is in Portland Oregon and leans into its setting’s oddity) through this story of an 11-year-old detective. Timmy has a bad-haircut and a heck of an imagination, he talks to his (thankfully) voiceless imaginary polar bear, and has imaginary story cut-aways like Doug or JD on Scrubs. He seems himself as an Encyclopedia Brown, coming up with an elaborate plot going on his town. It’s sweet and fun and a great family flick. The relationship he has with his mother Lovegood (she was the titular character in Autopsy of Jane Done, good to see her up and about!) is true. There is a dark cloud in their lives of her money-troubles and other issues, and that allows a truer nature to this flick. Yeah, I recommend it.… Expand

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SoquelHeights

Feb 15, 2020

Oregon weird and wonderful. A really good kids and adult film with humor and smarts. A charmer that showcases Portland's uniqueness, coupled with with great acting and outstanding film production skills. You really wish Timmy on as life, adults, reality, and growing up all collide in aOregon weird and wonderful. A really good kids and adult film with humor and smarts. A charmer that showcases Portland's uniqueness, coupled with with great acting and outstanding film production skills. You really wish Timmy on as life, adults, reality, and growing up all collide in a very memorable film. A movie I will watch again very soon!… Expand

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Mrpicture

Feb 9, 2020

Timmy Failure is a slightly entertaining kids film filled with heart and wit, but one that you shouldn think too hard about, in which you will find the cracks of the plot and a deeper troubeling after thought of Timmy´s mental health (i´m not kidding).

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JLuis_001

Feb 11, 2020

For a family film this was more than ok.

Nothing special and in time will become a filler for Disney+ catalogue but Disney produces a lot of this stuff for that specific target audience so with that in mind you can intuit the level of this production.

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