Who knew so many movie ideas could be found while rummaging through your attic? TheBeanieBubble plunges into the '90s plush craze
"The Beanie Bubble" -- ★ ★ Who knew so many movie ideas could be found while rummaging through your attic?
"The Beanie Bubble," which lands on Apple TV+ Friday, may be part of a '20s trend, but its interest is unpacking a late-20th century phenomenon and some of the women exploited along the way. Zach Galifianakis plays Ty Warner, the chief executive of Ty Inc., the maker of the stuffed animals that -- thanks to a few ingenious innovations and lucky twists of fate -- became, as one character says in the film,"little plush lotto tickets.
They unfold in parallel storylines. There's Banks' Robbie, a friend and Ty Inc. co-founder who finds herself pushed out once success arrives. There's Sheila , a single mother of two who's initially won over by Warner's charisma and playfulness with her children, only to eventually discover a warped, immature side to him. And there's Maya , a young Ty Inc. hire who presciently leads the company's lucrative dive into the internet, yet is kept on an hourly wage.
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