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

Cast

The Amazing Johnathan John Edward Szeles (September 9, 1958 – February 22, 2022), better known by the stage name The Amazing Johnathan, was an American comedian and Magician (illusion), magician. His act was mostly composed of hijinks, interaction with one specifi ...

as himself *

Eric André Eric Samuel André (born April 4, 1983) is an American comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, and musician. He is best known as the creator, host, and co-writer of the Adult Swim surreal comedy series '' The Eric Andre Show'' (2012� ...

as himself * Benjamin Berman as himself *

Simon Chinn Simon Chinn is a British film producer, founder of Red Box Films and co-founder of Lightbox. He produced a number of feature documentaries, including '' Man on Wire'' and ''Searching for Sugar Man'', both winners of the Academy Award for Best Do ...

as himself *

Judy Gold Judy Gold (born November 15, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorpora ...

as herself *

Penn Jillette Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American Magic (illusion), magician, actor, comedian, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller (magician), Teller as half of the t ...

as himself * Max Maven as himself * Jon Mugar as himself *

Chadd Smith ''The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers'', commonly called ''The LXD'', is an American web series that premiered on Hulu. The series follows two groups of rival dancers: the Alliance of the Dark, who are the villains, and the Legion of Extraordinar ...

as himself * Anastasia Synn as herself * Doreen Szeles as herself * Doug Szeles as himself * Chad S. Taylor as himself *

Carrot Top Scott Thompson (born February 25, 1965), known professionally as Carrot Top, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is widely known for his use of prop comedy. Early life Thompson was born in Rockledge, Florida, and grew up in Coc ...

as himself *

"Weird Al" Yankovic Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing Comedy music, comedy songs that often Parody music, parody specific songs by contempo ...

as himself

Reception

On the

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, and an average rating of . 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."

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, assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "Mixed or average reviews". Peter Debruge writing for ''

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'' 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". John DeFore of ''

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'' 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".

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* 2019 films 2019 documentary films American documentary films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language documentary films {{2010s-documentary-film-stub