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My Cousin Vinny
(1992)
Truth, Justice And The Gambini Way.
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Stars: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Writer: Dale Launer
Language: English
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Duration: 119
Rated: R
DVD Release: August 2009

When two Italian-American boys from New York are falsely accused of murder in a small Alabama town, they call for a lawyer--but the only lawyer they know is their cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), who made six attempts before he passed his bar exam. "My Cousin Vinny" is a classic fish-out-of-water comedy; the flimsy plot about clearing the two boys and solving the murder is just a hook to support a lot of culture-clash humor. Thanks to the strong cast of character actors like Fred Gwynne, Austin Pendleton, and Lane Smith, it's pretty funny--even old-hat jokes about Brooklyn versus Southern accents come to life. Pesci has played a few too many schticky characters, but this time it works. There's just enough humanity in his caricature to make Vinny likable and entertaining. When the movie was released, there was controversy about whether Marisa Tomei, playing Vinny's big-haired and black-leather-wearing fiancée, deserved to win the best supporting actress Oscar (she beat out Judy Davis, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, and Vanessa Redgrave); but seeing her performance on its own, it's a comic marvel and worthy of honor.


Joe PesciVinny Gambini
Marisa TomeiMona Lisa Vito
Ralph MacchioBill Gambini
Mitchell WhitfieldStan Rothenstein
Fred GwynneJudge Chamberlain Haller
Jonathan LynnCinematographer
Lane SmithJim Trotter III
Austin PendletonJohn Gibbons
Bruce McGillSheriff Farley
Maury ChaykinSam Tipton
Paulene MyersConstance Riley
Raynor ScheineErnie Crane
James RebhornGeorge Wilbur
Chris EllisJ.T.
Michael SimpsonNeckbrace
Lou WalkerGrits Cook
Tony LombardoEditor
Stephen E. RivkinEditor
David RubinCasting Director
Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
Peter DemingDirector of Photography
Victoria PaulProduction Design
Michael SeirtonSet Decoration
Rando SchmookArt Direction
Michael RizzoArt Direction
Carol WoodCostume Design
Genre: Comedy
Media: Blu-ray
Sound: AC-3
IMDb: 0104952