There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
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!
- 7.5
- 1992
- Released
- 2h 0m
Joe Pesci
Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini
Marisa Tomei
Mona Lisa Vito
Ralph Macchio
William 'Bill' Gambini
Mitchell Whitfield
Stan Rothenstein
Fred Gwynne
Judge Chamberlain Haller
Lane Smith
Jim Trotter III
Austin Pendleton
John Gibbons
Bruce McGill
Sheriff Farley
Maury Chaykin
Sam Tipton
Paulene Myers
Constance Riley
Raynor Scheine
Ernie Crane
James Rebhorn
George Wilbur
Chris Ellis
J.T.
Michael Simpson
Neckbrace
Lou Walker
Grits CookKenny Jones
Jimmy WillisThomas Merdis
Man in Town Square
J. Don Ferguson
Guard #1Michael Genevie
Guard #2Jeff Lewis
Deputy #1Ron Leggett
Deputy #2Aubrey J. Osteen
Deputy #3Larry Shuler
Hotel Clerk
Suzi Bass
Woman
Michael Burgess
Prison Van DriverBill Coates
Bailiff
Jill Jane Clements
Courtroom ClerkMuriel Moore
Juror #1
Bob Penny
Juror #2
Released
en
$11,000,000.00
$64,088,552.00
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- #southern usa
- #alabama
- #suspicion
- #cousin
- #lawyer
- #fish out of water
- #convenience store robbery
- #courtroom
- #defense attorney
- #wrongful arrest
- #expert witness
- #nostalgic
- #curious
- #murder suspect
- #engaged couple
- #courtroom drama
- #unassuming
- #ironic
- #best friends
- #deep south
- #joyous
- #understated
- #absurd
- #hilarious
- #amused
- #cheerful
- #joyful
Reviews
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 p
_**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