As a documentary, this is absolutely awful. It provides little or no insight into the great man's life above that which you can read easily of wikipedia, it is slow moving, badly presented and generally worthless. BUT, and this is a big but, it contains LOADS of original footage of Lenny Bruce performing, and I mean loads. Probably 80% of it is performance footage which cant be seen anywhere else and, unlike most documentaries which cut to a comment every 30 second routine, this shows whole television appearances in their entirety and large sections from his shows, there are several solid 5-10 minute blocks of Lenny performing that you just cant see anywhere else. If you want to learn about Lenny, do some internet research, if you want to see a few prime examples of why he was so great, watch this doc.
Review of Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
