Dustin Hoffman is Lenny Bruce. In this gritty and realistic drama of the mercurial comedian's rise to fame and demise through self-destructive tendencies, Hoffman exhibits pure brilliance in the role of the tortured entertainer.

"LENNY is probably the perfect movie for this time and place."

—Vincent Canby, NEW YORK TIMES

"A brilliantly conceived and executed film. Directed with stunning style by Bob Fosse."

—Judith Crist, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"Dustin Hoffman again asserting his claim to being today's great character leading man. What is awesome is the range of emotions he commands in the intimate scenes. He alone makes LENNY worth seeing."

—Richard Schickel, TIME MAGAZINE

"Dustin Hoffman quite possibly will earn an Academy Award nomination for his performance. Valerie Perrine is stunning."

—ROLLING STONE

"By far the most important film of 1974. It is a beautifully acted movie—with Dustin Hoffman and Valerie Perrine—certain to be frontrunners for Best Actor and Best Actress Academy Awards."

—David Sheehan, CBS-TV

"Valerie Perrine steals the movie. . . a performance that turns the screen into art re-lived, a singular triumph that burns into the memory."

—Rex Reed, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"LENNY may contain the most remarkable series of nightclub scenes ever captured on film."

—Bernard Drew, AMERICAN FILM