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My Cousin Vinny (1992)

R 03/13/1992 Comedy, Drama 2h 0m
75%
User
Score
7.6/10
85%
68/100

There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.

Overview

Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

Jonathan Lynn

Director

Dale Launer

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Joe Pesci

Joe Pesci

Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Mona Lisa Vito

Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio

William 'Bill' Gambini

Mitchell Whitfield

Mitchell Whitfield

Stan Rothenstein

Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

Judge Chamberlain Haller

Lane Smith

Lane Smith

Jim Trotter III

Austin Pendleton

Austin Pendleton

John Gibbons

Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill

Sheriff Farley

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

Sam Tipton

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Media

“My Cousin Vinny” (1992) What if Cardi B played Mona Lisa Vito?! | The Recast

“My Cousin Vinny” (1992) What if Cardi B played Mona Lisa Vito?! | The Recast

Trailer

Trailer

Marisa Tomei Wins Supporting Actress | 65th Oscars (1993)

Marisa Tomei Wins Supporting Actress | 65th Oscars (1993)

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on June 26, 2020

_**Funny, with characters you care about**_

"My Cousin Vinny" was a hit when it was released in 1992. Two youths from New York are wrongly accused of murder while traveling through Alabama and one of them (Ralph Macchio) calls on his inexperienced lawyer cousin, Vinny (Joe Pesci), to defend them. Vinny roles into town with his hot fiancé (Marisa Tomei) intent on winning his first big case.

I've heard a lot about this movie over the years, but never got around to seeing it till the other night and was pleasantly surprised. It's part fish-out-of-water comedy and part courtroom drama. The hulking Fred Gwynne plays the staunch judge, an amusing performance. It was Gwynne's last film.

The movie is filled with laughs throughout, but it's more than just a goofball comedy. At some point ...

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 11, 2023

This never stops being funny no matter how many times you watch it.

I think Marisa Tomei won or was nominated for an Oscar for this... and it was well deserved. In a lot of her movies she played the role of "a pretty face" but she not only stood her ground against Joe Pesci but she actually out shined him in a few scenes.

That is a hard thing to do, usually when Pesci is cast he's the best part of the film... and he was priceless in this... and Marisa Tomei out did him.

So what you have is a movie that is endlessly quotable, completely hysterical, and has two of the best performances you'll see in any movie, drama or comedy... with a script that backs it up.

Movies don't get better than this....

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