There's no point watching this. It's less entertaining, as well as less informative than reading a Wikipedia article. The short-lived Beanie Baby craze is an intriguing true story, but this is not a biopic. It is heavily dramatized, relies on clichés, and fills too much space with 1990s stock footage. Although they embellished the melodramatic lives of those responsible for Beanie Babies, they remained one-dimensional (it's probably why most of their real names were changed). A lot of the movie's runtime is dedicated to graphics and oversimplified explanations of Beanie-related milestones, flipping between the 80s and 90s, making it feel more like a marketing video than a piece of entertainment. Ultimately, the movie never comes up with a meaningful social message, ending up feeling insignificant and unoriginal.
Review of The Beanie Bubble
