‘Gleason’ Maintains a Brilliant Balance of Tears and Laughter

Despite what the headline may have you thinking, Gleason is not a comedy. Not at all. But it does have a good amount of laughs for a documentary chronicling a man’s deteriorating health from ALS. Directed by Clay Tweel, it’s a film that fits perfectly alongside his previous feature, Finders Keepers (that one a collaboration with Bryan Carberry), because…