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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeIf 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.)
- 75RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoOne 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.
- 70Screen RantSandy SchaeferScreen RantSandy SchaeferIt walks the fine line between being too whimsical and too dramatic, yet maintains that delicate balancing act over the course of its entire runtime.
- 70SlashfilmRafael MotamayorSlashfilmRafael MotamayorTom McCarthy gives us a film that serves for a fun family movie night, complete with important lessons, deadpan humor, and, well, a polar bear.
- 67ConsequenceClint WorthingtonConsequenceClint WorthingtonThink 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.
- 60EmpireJames DyerEmpireJames DyerA frothy fantasy about a boy and his bear that makes up for in style what it lacks in substance.
- 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.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustThe 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”).