Candyman

2010

1h 16m

Documentary

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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

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A well intentioned yet overlong documentary...

Rated: 2/4

Feb 20, 2011

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Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters

In Candyman, Jelly Belly creator David Klein is at once energetic, enthusiastic, and self-effacing.

Nov 29, 2010

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Pretty boring and quite depressing.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

Not particularly well done, yet enjoyable and a fun story to hear...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Costa Botes

Director

David Herman Klein

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Costa Botes

Producer

Bert Klein

Producer

Jennifer Cardon-Klein

Producer

Douglas Blush

Executive Producer

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Synopsis

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

Director: Costa Botes
Producer: Douglas Blush, Eddie Schmidt
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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