Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made follows an eleven-year-old boy in Portland who is convinced he is the finest detective in the city. With his closest friend, an imaginary polar bear, he runs a detective agency he calls Total Failures, taking on cases while his mother and the adults around him try to keep him grounded. The comedy comes from the gap between Timmy's confidence and the reality of his investigations.

Tom McCarthy directed and co-wrote the film with Stephan Pastis, adapting Pastis's children's books. It sits between Spotlight and Stillwater in McCarthy's filmography, a lighter family project after the drama that preceded it. Winslow Fegley plays Timmy, with Ophelia Lovibond as his mother, Wallace Shawn as Mr. Crocus, Craig Robinson as Mr. Jenkins, Kyle Bornheimer as Crispin and Ai-chan Carrier as Corrina Corrina. Made by Walt Disney Pictures with Whitaker Entertainment, Etalon-Film and Slow Pony on a budget of 45 million dollars, it runs 99 minutes.

Audience response has been moderate. The film holds 6 out of 10 on IMDb from 3,500 votes and 6.2 out of 10 on TMDB from 197 votes, while critics gave it 7 out of 10 from 33 reviews, a higher score than either audience figure.