A very fun comedy from Disney+.
So much of what makes this movie is work is child actor, Winslow Fegley. This kid is a natural dead pan comic, and his delivery makes so many of these jokes work. The humor is delightful absurd and to have it be delivered with the upmost seriousness by our lead makes them so much funnier. This is not to say that Timmy is the only character worth watching in this film. The other characters are just as memorable. His long suffering teacher, Mr. Crocus (Wallace Shawn) (am I the only one from whom this characters name and part in this film makes me think of The Fairy Oddparents) and the meter maid that wants to give meter maids a better name (Kyle Bornheimer) also get some darn good laughs. Timmy's mom (Ophelia Lovibond) brings a real heart to this movie. She may not always be able to be there with her son, but the filmmakers make sure we know that this is because she needs to support Timmy, not because she is in anyway uncaring. While she understandably gets exasperated with Timmy at times, she also can at other times not only embrace his weirdness, but do so in a way that is undeniably loving and playful. The relationship between these two characters makes this absurd comedy still seem relatable and real as well as funny.
The jokes come fast and furious in this film and while not all of them are great, many of them certainly made me laugh. I especially love the scenes in which we step into Timmy's imagination, when he hears something and pictures sometime completely different from what is meant. One scene involving a swiss army knife was especially hilarious.
To be fair this film's episodic nature and an hour and 40 minute runtime can make this movie feel a little long at times and there are moments where it briefly seems to run out of steam, only to get itself back on track rather quickly.
All in all this is a fun movie and well worth checking out.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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