Honey Girls

The Honey Girls is a line of plushies made by Build-A-Bear workshop. In 2021, they teamed up with Sony Wonder to make a movie, and man, is it too many steps backwards.

So, let's start with how it's done. Instead of doing a animated film utilizing CGI in the vein of Toy Story, what we get is the girls turned into humans (and renamed Charlie, Maya, and Alex, which is pretty pathetic). The three are part of a reality competition hosted by hit singer Fancy G and the three soon become a viral hit when they become The Honey Girls, which becomes a double life they have to hide to avoid being disqualfied.

So basically, this is a horrible movie where the Honey Girls are only there in name only. Alongside its change to humans and following the overmilked cliches of teenage girls trying to be pop stars and living a double life as a band in masks, it is not very exciting, as it's just another boring teenage drama using the name of a Build-A-Bear original brand to get recognition. Not even the great music of Ashanti, who plays Fancy G, is enough to save this one from being a cheap cash grab. If this movie was a CGI film utilizing the plushies instead of switching to human actors, then I would be more forgiving, but as it stands, Honey Girls will join Jem and The Holograms as yet another example on how not to adapt a brand into a live action movie.