Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

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

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

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.

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.

Sadly, Timmy himself proves oddly charmless, pathologically deluded, self-centred and heedless of the distress he causes others, not least his struggling single mother. We don't find out why he's like this, but the bear is amazing. Kids will love it.

Timmy Failure is a lovely collection of deadpan jokes.

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

It has a wildly, indescribably unlikable protagonist.

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

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.