The documentary 'Certifiably Jonathan' has engrossing moments in it. How can it not? 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.

A stand-up comedian who's assaultive and decent and has managed a career that has spanned over five decades deserves a documentary.

'Certifiably Jonathan' contrives crises for its subject - a bid to get his paintings into MOMA, among others.

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