Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
Promotional poster
Directed byTom McCarthy
Screenplay by
Based onTimmy Failure
by Stephan Pastis
Produced by
  • Alexander Dostal
  • Tom McCarthy
  • Jim Whitaker
Starring
CinematographyMasanobu Takayanagi
Edited byTom McArdle
Music byRolfe Kent
Production
companies
Distributed byDisney+
Release dates
  • January 25, 2020 (2020-01-25) (Sundance)
  • February 7, 2020 (2020-02-07) (Disney+)
Running time
99 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$42 million[3]

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (also known as Timmy Failure) is a 2020 American fantasy comedy film based on the book series of the same name by Stephan Pastis and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It was released on Disney+ on February 7, 2020, specifically based directly on the first book of the same name. The film is directed by Tom McCarthy, produced by Alexander Dostal, McCarthy and Jim Whitaker from a screenplay written by McCarthy and Pastis and stars Winslow Fegley, Ophelia Lovibond, Craig Robinson and Wallace Shawn.

The film was removed from Disney+ on May 26, 2023, amidst a Disney+ and Hulu content removal purge as part of a broader cost cutting initiative under Disney CEO Bob Iger.[4] It was, however, re-released on multiple video-on-demand platforms on September 26, 2023.[5]

  1. ^ Lodge, Guy (January 26, 2020). "'Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made': Film Review". Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Sundance Film Festival (December 4, 2019). "Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made". Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Barnes, Brooks (November 7, 2019). "Remember Family Films? Disney Plus Is Making 'Em Like They Used To". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  4. ^ Weatherbed, Jess (May 19, 2023). "Over 50 shows are being pulled from Disney Plus and Hulu". The Verge. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  5. ^ Eclarinal, Aeron Mer (September 26, 2023). "Disney Reveals Historic Re-Release of 7 Abandoned Movies". The Direct. Retrieved January 25, 2024.