If you loved The Cobbler, try Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made has roughly 9.3× fewer votes than The Cobbler — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Tom McCarthy, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Cobbler, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made is

Portland, perpetual fall. A discarded pencil. Eleven-year-old Timmy Failure, founder of Total Failures Inc, struggles to solve mysteries with his business partner, a massive polar bear only he can see. Droll children's fare, dryly delivered.

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