Synopsis
A famous comedian and artist wants to display his work at an art museum. Just when he thinks he's lost his touch, a series of famous comedians drop by to help him rekindle his artistic and comedic spark.
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Cast
- Jonathan WintersSelf
- Sarah SilvermanSelf
- Patricia ArquetteSelf
- Robin WilliamsSelf
Recommandations
- 63
New York Post
Fortunately, Winters' legendary inventiveness as a comedian has not diminished with the years. - 50
Village Voice
The big-kid-bulky Dayton-born comedian gets some welcome playtime in Jim Pasternak's patchwork tribute, but not nearly enough. - 50
Movieline
It's got a great subject - the extraordinarily voluble comedian Jonathan Winters, whose constant rush of words can be like a blizzard: beautiful, maddening, exhausting and finally beautiful again. But it's not a great film. - 42
The A.V. Club
An unabashed valentine to Winters, but like an unfortunate number of valentines, it proves a little embarrassing to the giver and recipient alike. - 40
Variety
Winters deserves better. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Bound to disappoint diehard Winters fans while leaving the uninitiated baffled, Certifiably Jonathan doesn't begin to fully suggest the range of the comedian's brilliance and lasting influence. - 40
New York Daily News
This rambling, unfocused, shuffling documentary paints the famous standup in broad strokes, only occasionally providing worthy examples of how Winters inspired generations. - 30
The New York Times
Teeming with smart American humorists - and a passel of Arquettes - all unconditionally admiring. What's astonishing, then, is that not one of them stepped in to dissuade their friend from participating in such an embarrassingly awful project.