My Cousin Vinny |  | Director: Jonathan Lynn
Actors: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  159 reviews
Sales Rank: 2442
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: D2000532D
UPC: 024543005322
EAN: 0024543005322
ASIN: B000SFOW8I
Theatrical Release Date: 1992
Release Date: July 25, 2000
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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. --Bret Fetzer
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 My Cousin Vinny February 8, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein are 2 friends from New York University that just received scholarships to UCLA. They decide to drive through the south. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stopped at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. But, no sooner that they left the store, they were arrested. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. Plus, they are facing execution for this crime. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, good news, that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. Bad news, is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been in a trial. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge, some tough locals, and even his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito who just does not know when to shut up, to prove his clients' innocence. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help. This dialogue is brilliant because of excellent performances by both Marisa Tomei and Joe Pesci. This is one of those rare movies that you can watch over and over again for hours and not tire of it. This is a truly memorable piece of comedy, and though it was released in 1992, I'm sure comedy lovers will enjoy this movie in the present day.
 Love this movie February 2, 2010
Darci L. Bodin (Diamond Bar, CA United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I will watch this when I am quilting. Favorite scene is the end when Marisa Tomei just drops the information on the cars.
 Defective DVD January 30, 2010
Bindorg (Eaton's Neck, NY)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
First copy would not play in Blu Ray player. Returned it for another...it did not play either. This is the only DVD where I had this problem
Hilarious and intriguing and never takes a wrong step December 29, 2009
Mark J. Fowler (Okinawa, Japan)
I like coming away from a film glad that I saw it. I love coming away from a film looking forward to the next time I see it.
"My Cousin Vinny" gets rotated in my DVD player as often as "Casablanca" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and my other favorite movies.
I initially dreaded watching it. From the tv promos it seemed to consist of "wise-cracking New York lawyer" going to the South where he outwits the local yahoos. Not quite a generation removed from my Hillbilly upbringing and not that long after "Deliverance", I approached the movie with trepidation... not wanting to see a courtroom version of Hee-Haw.
I needn't have worried. The film delighted me and several times made me nearly choke on my popcorn with laughter.
Ralph Macchio and Mitchell Whitfield are driving through the South when they are arrested. A murder has occurred and eyewitnesses claim to have seen them fleeing the scene. Terrified and lacking funds, Macchio summons his cousin Vincent Laguardia Gambini from his sixth attempt to pass the bar to defend them against the Southern Slick District Attorney played by Lane Smith. The late Fred Gwynne gives perhaps the film performance of his career as Judge Chamberlain Haller.
Cousin Vincent is played by Joe Pesci with a wonderful combination of Brooklyn bravado and personal insecurity. Not all characters are fleshed out, but you feel that Vinny and the two defendants are in a precarious situation. If you were a New Yorker falsely accused of murder in Alabama wouldn't you be nervous if your lawyer failed the bar exam five times?
Marisa Tomei won her academy award for Best Supporting Actress as Vincent's girlfriend, Mona Lisa Vito. She gets many of the films best scenes and lines, beginning with their appearance outside the Alabama court house, with Lisa in a short skirt and Vinny in a black leather blazer.
Vinny: You stick out like a sore thumb around here.
Lisa: Me? What about you?
Vinny: I fit in better than you. At least I'm wearing cowboy boots.
Lisa: Oh yeah, you *blend*.
The film gives a certain amount of respect to Southern culture. When I went in cringing that I might hear lines like "Boy, yew shore got a purty mouth!", I was pleased to find a key scene that hinged on the time required to properly prepare grits. In other parts of the world grits may be unknown or at least a mystery - but a Southerner takes their grits as seriously as a New Yorker or Chicagoan takes pizza. This movie respects that without a hint of ridicule.
The film would be worth watching if only to see Tomei's reaction when Pesci informs her that the competing District Attorney has invited him to go deer hunting. The story plays as a legitimate courtroom thriller, but the comedic dialogue, expertly delivered, elevates "My Cousin Vinny" to heavy rotation in my house.
my cousin Vinny November 19, 2009
Kenneth E. Legan Sr. (Shabbona, IL United States)
In my opinion this movie should have been an academy award winner for acting as well as story line...Pesci and Tomei were sensational and the judge as well even the bit actors did well so what happened with the awards???
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