The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Family · Comedy · Fantasy · 2020
An 11-year old boy believes that he is the best detective in town and runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound polar bear.
Movie details
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
“Small detective. Big imagination.”
2020 Family · Comedy · Fantasy 1h 39m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
An 11-year old boy believes that he is the best detective in town and runs the agency Total Failures with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound polar bear.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Big-Idea Head
“You watch with your brain, not your gut.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Tom McCarthy
Written by
Stephan Pastis · Tom McCarthy
Winslow Fegley
Timmy Failure
Ophelia Lovibond
Patty Failure
Wallace Shawn
Mr. Crocus
Craig Robinson
Mr. Jenkins
Kyle Bornheimer
Crispin
Ai-chan Carrier
Corrina Corrina
Chloe Coleman
Molly Moskins
Court is in session
Put Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Big-Idea Head
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.