Biopic on stand-up comedy great Lenny Bruce, played by Dustin Hoffman. Bruce's groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary were deemed...
Biopic on stand-up comedy great Lenny Bruce, played by Dustin Hoffman. Bruce's groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary were deemed obscene by the 1960s establishment. With the notoriety came a near-messiah complex which fueled his comedy and taste for drugs. Valerie Perrine won Best Actress at Cannes for her portrayal as Honey, Bruce's troubled wife.
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87 %31 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
88 %6,595 reviewsAudience score rating
"Fosse's remarkable film version of Julian Barry's legit play, Lenny, stars Dustin Hoffman in an outstanding performance."
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Variety
Variety"The good performances (Hoffman and Perrine) stand little chance against Fosse's withering direction: the subject matter needs far defter psychological handling than it gets."
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Time Out
Time Out"Was Lenny truly some kind of mad prophet or simply an accidental product of his times, which, though he died in 1966, were really the gung-ho nineteen-forties and the uptight fifties? It's to the film's credit that it raises this question, though it doesn't supply us with much information with which to answer it."
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The New York Times
The New York TimesLenny | Details
Award winner- Most Promising Newcomer (Perrine), BAFTA Awards 1976; Best Actress (Perrine) at Cannes Film Festival 1975
- Runtime
- 111
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, True Story & Biography
- Country of origin
- USA
