Get Bruce!

(Miramax)

Bruce Vilanch, the hirsute and roly-poly comedy writer responsible for some of the highs and lows of the past decade of Academy Awards shows, deserves better than this glib and sloppy documentary by Andrew J. Kuehn. Cobbled together mostly from interviews with Vilanch's clients (Bette Midler, Robin Williams, Crystal), the film degenerates into a showcase of their egos rather than a profile of one of its more colorful proponents. There's a good story here -- someone should get Bruce to tell it.