Overview
What begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician—"The Amazing Johnathan"—becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion.
The documentary starts off well enough – we see some funny clips of Johnathan back in the day. We see some famous people talk about him. We see his life right now. And as every minute goes by the documentary becomes less interesting. The angle that the director goes for is both not believable and not interesting. By the end it just kind of sputters to a halt.
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Movie title: The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
Movie description: What begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician—"The Amazing Johnathan"—becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion.
Date published: 2021-03-30
Director(s): Ben Berman
Actor(s): The Amazing Johnathan, Penn Jillette, Criss Angel, Max Maven, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Eric André, Judy Gold, Scott "Carrot Top" Thompson, Anastasia Synn, Marvin Roy, Doreen Szeles, Jon Mugar, Chad S. Taylor, Doug Berman, Wendy Carraher, Keith Dallas, Simon Chinn, Ben Berman
Genre: Documentary, Comedy
My Review
The documentary starts off well enough – we see some funny clips of Johnathan back in the day. We see some famous people talk about him. We see his life right now. And as every minute goes by the documentary becomes less interesting. The angle that the director goes for is both not believable and not interesting. By the end it just kind of sputters to a halt.
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