Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): February 7, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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5
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4
Negative:
0
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80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 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
75
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJan 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
70
SlashfilmRafael MotamayorFeb 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
70
Screen RantSandy SchaeferFeb 6, 2020
It walks the fine line between being too whimsical and too dramatic, yet maintains that delicate balancing act over the course of its entire runtime. Read full review
67
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonFeb 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
60
EmpireJames DyerMar 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
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustMar 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
50
The New York TimesKyle TurnerFeb 6, 2020
There isn’t enough in the way of good jokes or clever references to investigators of yore to make the film appealing, and the flatness of Timmy’s delivery, which is supposed to scan as deadpan, doesn’t contain enough nuances to make much of the humor land. Read full review
50
VarietyGuy LodgeFeb 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
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