If you are a true Jerry Lewis fan this documentary gets a 100% rating.

Fascinating though bias doc on Lewis. Clearly the film did not point out the Jekyll and Hyde part of Lewis. Still very engaging though.

A rather fawning documentary on the film career of Jerry Lewis. The film ignores some of the darker elements of Jerry's life (or any mention of "Day the Clown Cried"), but Jerry was one of the producers on this film and protecting his reputation is something he's tirelessly done his entire career, so it wasn't really a big surprise. Still, this film interviews quite a list of film and comedy luminaries who provide some very good unsigned into the brilliance of Jerry Lewis, including Steven Spielberg, Alec Baldwin, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Carl Reiner, Quentin Tarantino, Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Crystal, Carol Burnett, Richard Lewis and many more. That along was enough to make this a fascinating documentary for fans of Lewis.

Pure self-adulation, yes, yet enjoyably, informatively, persuasively so. But still no footage from THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED?

Barson's documentary is as much a celebration as it is a study of this long career in comedy

Whatever Method leaves out, most of what it includes is worth a look.

Strong too is a desire to praise him by fellow comedians, who may have regarded the making of this film as a chance to pay tribute while the object of their admiration was fully able to appreciate it.

It's enough to convince you that Woody Harrelson is right: If you don't appreciate Jerry Lewis, I don't want to hang with you.

Method to the Madness is adroitly packaged and probably in roughly the same flattering mode of a PBS American Masters tribute.

If you don't like the comic artistry of Jerry Lewis, Encore's extensive new bio-documentary isn't going to change your mind. But you might come away with at least a bit more appreciation.

As we watch, it's clear we'll always be Jerry's kids, engulfed in helpless laughter and admiration.

Method makes a solid case for Lewis as underappreciated auteur.