It's funny how the buzz on "The Beanie Bubble" is how it's Zach Gallifianakis' best performance, since the whole point of this made for AppleTV film is that the billionaire entrepreneur behind Ty Toys was not the "brains" behind anything. Those brains belonged to three women (or five, if you count one of the women's two daughters). The first was the uncredited co-founder, Robbie, played by multitalented actor/director/producer Elizabeth Banks. The second was the unsatisfied young adult, Maya, portrayed by an impressive Geraldine Viswanathan, who was earning a $12/hr. Receptionist wage while acting as Ty's unappreciated Chief Operating Officer. And the third was Ty's all-shrink-wrapped "family" and romantic interest, Sheila, played by Succession's wonderful Sarah Snook (and whose daughter, Ana, would design the first of the Beanie Babies to truly become a genuine "viral" sensation.) The three would go on to enjoy much future success as a wealthy CEO, well respected consultant and loving mother to daughter Ana, the designer), respectively. Zach's mean and petty, tantrum-throwing character eventually fails spectacularly in a foreshadowing of everything from MySpace to cybercurrency and NFTs! I rate it 6/10 stars.
Review of The Beanie Bubble
The Beanie Bubble
(2023)
A global delusion ends in economic apocalypse
29 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers