With his overactive imagination and deadpan demeanour, Fegley's pint-sized private eye makes for a quirky hero in the Wimpy Kid mould.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 9, 2024

An odd, but enjoyable flick... This film is what happens when ridiculous and amazing collide.

| Sep 15, 2021

It has a wildly, indescribably unlikable protagonist.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 13, 2021

For a seemingly innocuous project, there's substance here for adults to unpack with younger viewers, which is a boon.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 27, 2020

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is a perfectly childish film, with the direction, script and cast combining to bring an imaginative sense of wonder.

| Sep 28, 2020

It's corny, it's cheesy but charming and funny. It's kind of like the Disney of old... It really does kind of remind me of the films that I grew up with as a kid, and I think I would've loved this had it come out like 20 years ago.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 30, 2020

Refreshingly amusing fantasy sequences can't quite make up for the trite and unfocused aspects of the story ... Fans of mystery/detective stories will be disappointed because crime-solving is not the real attraction.

| Jul 14, 2020

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

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 25, 2020

The movie adaptation does a fantastic job of lifting the ironic tone of the books.

| Mar 24, 2020

Inventive, book-based misfit tale is sweet and funny.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 18, 2020

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is a winner about a loser who's actually a winner. It's mostly original and consistently funny - and we can't really ask for more from live-action kiddie Disney fare.

| Feb 18, 2020

Packed with tons of heart, humor, and enough belly laughs to keep adults entertained, "Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made" is the best Disney+ original movie to date.

| Original Score: B | Feb 9, 2020

'Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made' strikes the right family comedy blend of adventure, imagination, and an underlying dramatic thread that ties the whole thing together.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2020

I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed 'Timmy Failure: Mistakes were Made'. The script, performances, themes, all worked for me.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Feb 8, 2020

"Normal is for normal people" isn't just a catchphrase for the titular detective get by, it's a rallying cry to everyone who doesn't fit inside a box. A promise that we're all in this together. Though it seems corny, Timmy Failure is anything but.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2020

There's a sequence about an hour in when "Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made" is briefly jolted from its hard-boiled slumber... More such scenes may have elevated it from simply being fodder for a streaming service.

| Feb 7, 2020

Timmy Failure: Mistake Were Made is a film that deals with themes such as abandonment and the difficulties of that change can bring while also demonstrating the importance of having hope and positivity.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 7, 2020

It's a film both kids and adults can enjoy. The film is a heart-warming, and welcome change from Disney's other fare. It marks the beginning of a revival of Disney's creative storytelling that will hopefully be here to stay in the long run.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Feb 7, 2020

There isn't enough in the way of good jokes or clever references... 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.

| Feb 6, 2020

A meandering structure and a bit of repetition are immaterial concerns when a kid's movie is as fun and entertaining as this.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 6, 2020