The Amazing Johnathan Documentary

The Amazing Johnathan Documentary
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Directed byBen Berman
Written byBen Berman
Edited byScott Evans
Production
companies
Anonymous Content
Cold Iron Pictures
Horse Horse Horse
Release date
  • January 25, 2019 (2019-01-25) (Sundance Film Festival)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Amazing Johnathan Documentary is a 2019 documentary film, directed by Ben Berman.

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On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 41 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "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."[1] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "Mixed or average reviews".[2]

Peter Debruge writing for Variety wrote, "Berman eventually does prove to be rather resourceful, pulling off a coup that surprises even Johnathan in the end — and that’s no easy trick".[3] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Ben Berman's Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary offers a helpful reminder to aspiring doc-makers out there: There's more to the job than just following someone around with a camera".[4]

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  1. ^ "The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019)", Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, archived from the original on 2020-04-13, retrieved 2021-10-30
  2. ^ The Amazing Johnathan Documentary, archived from the original on 2020-04-13, retrieved 2020-04-13
  3. ^ Debruge, Peter (2019-01-25). "Film Review: 'The Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  4. ^ "'Untitled Amazing Johnathan Documentary': Film Review | Sundance 2019". The Hollywood Reporter. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

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