Review: `The Amazing Johnathan Documentary´ profiles irascible magician in an illusory way
(WorldNews Entertainment)

One of the more unique and intriguing aspects of documentaries are the unexpected you-are-there twists and turns that can occur during filming, a process that usually takes place over a far more extended - and thus more volatile - period of time than a narrative feature. As a result, it´s not uncommon for a documentary´s ending to be a work in progress, if not entirely unknown, until shooting wraps or, in many cases, into - or even beyond - the editing stage. This inherent uncertainty works both for and against `The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,` director Ben Berman´s patchy and wavering, yet ultimately involving portrait of offbeat comic-magician John Edward Szeles and the strangely...