‘Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary’ Film Review: Portrait of Comic Goes Off the Rails, Then Changes Direction

You know you’re in for a wild ride whenever a nonfiction film begins with a disclaimer. And there’s an especially promising slyness to the one that opens Ben Berman’s meta-portrait of standup comic and magician John Szeles. The movie is called “Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” a pointedly noncommittal name that already hints at some trouble to come. But then we learn that “everything in this film is strictly based on the available facts.” If you appreciate the passive aggression of that deceptively mild “available,” this is definitely the movie for you.

And it only gets better from there. Just a few minutes in, Berman asks Szeles’ Amazon Echo, “What is the best Amazing Johnathan documentary?”

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