My Name Is Lenny

My Name Is Lenny

Directed by Ron Scalpello

Produced by Salon Pictures, Splice Post

201791 min5.8 / 10

A gritty biographical portrait of a bare-knuckle fighter's rise and fall, balancing brutal physicality with glimpses of vulnerability beneath the hardened exterior.

The life story of one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as "The Guv'nor".

Questions people ask

  • Is My Name Is Lenny violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is My Name Is Lenny sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Does My Name Is Lenny end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is My Name Is Lenny scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is My Name Is Lenny easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity25

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise18

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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