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Candyman

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The story of David Klein, who invented the Jelly Belly brand of jelly beans.

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Easily one of the most entertaining and enlightening indie docs of the past year. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 4, 2020 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews A well intentioned yet overlong documentary... Rated: 2/4 Feb 20, 2011 Full Review Cynthia Fuchs PopMatters In Candyman, Jelly Belly creator David Klein is at once energetic, enthusiastic, and self-effacing. Nov 29, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Pretty boring and quite depressing. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Love Jelly Bellys and was looking forward to the creation documentary of them. Little did I know the true story. I had no idea what a sad story it was. David Klein was a confection visionary but lacked real business knowhow. This documentary could have been half the running time and it would have told the story better. I got the impression that the director really wanted the audience to see the real man who is David Klein. However, several parts were slow and painful to watch of Klein. He tells you in the beginning that "Jelly Bellys ruined his life". That is communicated in scenes of a man who is broken and trying to rebuild himself. I will say that at the end of the documentary Jelly Bellys left a forever bad taste in my mouth.. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Not worth watching. We aren't sure why Weird Al was interviewed at all, let alone multiple times! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member It wasn't bad, I just don't think that this subject needed an entire documentary devoted to it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member A very dark tale, about an eccentric man with a dream. Unfortunately the doc was a bit to long and not that well done. The story on the other hand very interesting. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Not particularly well done, yet enjoyable and a fun story to hear... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The story of David Klein, who invented the Jelly Belly brand of jelly beans.
Director
Costa Botes
Producer
Costa Botes, Bert Klein, Jennifer Cardon-Klein
Production Co
Lone Pine Productions, Picnic Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 7, 2012
Runtime
1h 16m
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