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Candyman: The David Klein Story

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Candyman: The David Klein Story (2010)

January. 24,2010
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6.5
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NR
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Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who came up with the concept of Jelly Belly® jellybeans. These colorful beans became a pop culture phenomenon, revolutionized the candy industry and were personally endorsed by Ronald Reagen. However, David's eccentric personality and peculiar sense of business led him to leave Jelly Belly just as it was about to explode and grow into a billion dollar enterprise. Is there room for eccentric genius in the modern corporate world? The film tells how Klein may have lost his beans, but kept his soul.

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Myron Clemons
2010/01/24

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

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Casey Duggan
2010/01/25

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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Nayan Gough
2010/01/26

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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Billy Ollie
2010/01/27

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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