i do not know lenny bruce until i hear about this movie . but i be a big fan of biography movie and so i decide to give this movie a shot and since i like dustin hoffman and also a world of stand up comedy . lenny be a biographical movie about lenny bruce and a controversial stand up comic and who use comedy a a public statement against his legal and personal trouble . the movie present a story in black and white color and so it quite depress from time to time . dustin hoffman also do a great job a a troubled stand up comedian and despite the fact i find him far away from be a comic actor . like i say and the movie be quite depressing and not very funny even if it talk about stand up comedian ( man on the moon for example and be a perfect movie and which make a combination of comedy and drama and but lenny be just drama ) and from time to time it be quite boring . personally i have problem with the first hour of the movie and which be quite boring and sometimes very annoy . the director put a lot of scene in the movie and which do not have nothing to do with a whole story while for example first 10 minute be just watch the lead female character strip on the stage . and later on another nude scene with lenny and his girlfriend and another take place for about 4 minute and which be really boring and annoy . but the other half of the movie be much much good while lenny bruce legal trouble and obscene behavior and problem with drug . the movie be in this case quite realistic but also very very depressing . but overall i like this movie while hoffman be great and realism be very painful and some of the dialog in the movie be excellent and the only issue i have be some unnecessary nude scene and unconvincing beginning of the movie . and i also do not like the fact and that a movie about a stand up comic be not even funny .