Certifiably JonathanMovie Reviews

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  • 63
    New York Post | Lou Lumenick

    Fortunately, Winters' legendary inventiveness as a comedian has not diminished with the years. Read full review

  • 50
    Village Voice | Nicolas Rapold

    The big-kid-bulky Dayton-born comedian gets some welcome playtime in Jim Pasternak's patchwork tribute, but not nearly enough. Read full review

  • 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. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Gary Goldstein

    An underwhelming jumble. Read full review

  • 40
    New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

    This rambling, unfocused, shuffling documentary paints the famous standup in broad strokes, only occasionally providing worthy examples of how Winters inspired generations. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Winters deserves better. Read full review

  • 40
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    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. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    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. Read full review

  • 25
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The result is not merely a bad film, but a waste of an opportunity. As he approaches 85, Winters is still active, funny, enthusiastically involved in painting and could have been the subject of a good film. This isn't it. Read full review

  • 20
    Time Out New York | S. James Snyder

    This confounding, overwrought mockumentary abruptly devolves into sitcom silliness. Read full review

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