Lenny

5/29/2026

**_The last fifteen years of the controversial stand-up comic_** This biopic covers the years of Bruce’s life from 1951-1966. He met and married burlesque performer Honey Harlow in 1951 and they started a double act since Lenny understandably didn’t want her to make a living as a stripper. Their relationship is covered, along with Lenny’s legal issues concerning obscenity laws and, to be expected, his eventual downward spiral. The latter brings to mind movies like the funereal “Big Sur,” which addressed Jack Kerouac, not to mention “The Rose,” which was loosely based on Janis Joplin. It’s worth watching just to journey back to the 1950s-60s, not to mention get an idea of what the hubbub over the comedian was all about (I never even heard of him until seeing this movie). He’s effecti