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The Amazing Johnathan Documentary sets out to survey a magician's final tour -- and ends up pulling off some wildly ambitious tricks of its own.
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It's compelling stuff: funny, moving and, yes, often amazing. Johnathan is a slippery subject, but in Berman he has a committed chronicler, who is even prepared to smoke meth with him on camera. November 18, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's compelling stuff: funny, moving and, yes, often amazing. Johnathan is a slippery subject, but in Berman he has a committed chronicler, who is even prepared to smoke meth with him on camera.
Ed Potton
A daft, dazzling exercise in reflexivity, albeit a somewhat familiar one. November 17, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A daft, dazzling exercise in reflexivity, albeit a somewhat familiar one.
Matt Turner
For 91 tiring minutes, director Ben Berman sort of tells a story that is sort of interesting but maybe not really, padding the film with selfie footage of his own chaotic production problems. November 15, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
For 91 tiring minutes, director Ben Berman sort of tells a story that is sort of interesting but maybe not really, padding the film with selfie footage of his own chaotic production problems.
Peter Bradshaw
I think people's mileage with this documentary will depend on how charming you think Benjamin Berman is... I didn't find him incredibly charming. August 20, 2019 | Full Review…
I think people's mileage with this documentary will depend on how charming you think Benjamin Berman is... I didn't find him incredibly charming.
Amy Nicholson
"The Amazing Johnathan Documentary" is ostensibly about a comic and is often very funny. There are snatches out of the Amazing Johnathan archive and repertoire, which includes gross-out gags and no small amount of meta magic. August 16, 2019 | Full Review…
"The Amazing Johnathan Documentary" is ostensibly about a comic and is often very funny. There are snatches out of the Amazing Johnathan archive and repertoire, which includes gross-out gags and no small amount of meta magic.
John Anderson
Pretends to be about the famous celebrity in the title but instead focuses on the far less interesting non-celebrity sharing the screen. August 16, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Pretends to be about the famous celebrity in the title but instead focuses on the far less interesting non-celebrity sharing the screen.
Odie Henderson
Learning more about Berman's childhood and problems faced completing the documentary just isn't that interesting, and once you see through the illusion, the magic quickly starts to fade. February 6, 2020 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Learning more about Berman's childhood and problems faced completing the documentary just isn't that interesting, and once you see through the illusion, the magic quickly starts to fade.
Steven Sheehan
[The Amazing Johnathan Documentary] provides a fascinating look at art, perception and the nature of truth. November 25, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[The Amazing Johnathan Documentary] provides a fascinating look at art, perception and the nature of truth.
Rich Cline
A cursory tale that it's well worth planning things in advance as much as possible, this is a gnat's breath away from being a complete disaster, but is saved by a first-time director's naive faith it will all be saved in the edit. November 25, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A cursory tale that it's well worth planning things in advance as much as possible, this is a gnat's breath away from being a complete disaster, but is saved by a first-time director's naive faith it will all be saved in the edit.
Jamie East
As a device for a film it's interesting to a point -- but it didn't fully work its magic on me. November 21, 2019 | Full Review…
As a device for a film it's interesting to a point -- but it didn't fully work its magic on me.
Cath Clarke
Neither filmmaker nor subject comes out particularly well here, but the battle of wills that ensues takes the film in some entertainingly oddball directions. November 21, 2019 | Full Review…
Neither filmmaker nor subject comes out particularly well here, but the battle of wills that ensues takes the film in some entertainingly oddball directions.
Alistair Harkness
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary starts as a blast but as the journey progresses, becomes ever more slippery: Is Szeles tricking Berman? Is Berman bamboozling us? The answer is entertaining and frustrating in equal measures. November 19, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The Amazing Johnathan Documentary starts as a blast but as the journey progresses, becomes ever more slippery: Is Szeles tricking Berman? Is Berman bamboozling us? The answer is entertaining and frustrating in equal measures.
Ian Freer
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