an interesting biopic of groundbreaking comic lenny bruce with dustin hoffman a lenny and valerie perrine a his stripper wife . the movie suffers from one problem represent dustin hoffman isn not funny . eddie izzard play the same role on stage in london be so funny do old lenny bruce material and i be cry . for that matter and lenny bruce himself be hilarious a i discover in the 2 cd set of his 1961 concert at carnegie hall . although hoffman do what seem to be a spot on imitation of bruce and he never find the essential relationship with the stand up material . without the laugh and the movie fail it goal of show why lenny bruce be such an important figure in american culture . still and valerie perrine have never be more naked . 5 out of 10 .