SummaryTwo young New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer (Joe Pesci) not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them.
SummaryTwo young New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer (Joe Pesci) not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them.
Taken a little too seriously, My Cousin Vinny can be seen as a celebration of the breadth and richness of the American landscape. Maybe the movie isn't exactly about that, but to enjoy it is, in a small way, to celebrate that richness.
[13 Mar 1992, p.D3]
Watched this again for the first time in decades on Disney+. It holds up brilliantly. Joe Pesci & Marisa Tomei are superb. Marisa looks gorgeous throughout. Glad I revisited.
A good-hearted comedy of clashing cultures. The film finds great fun in coaxing out and mocking a range of regional differences, from mutually impenetrable accents to radical variants in dress codes, but miraculously never descends to broad, dismissive caricatures.
At two hours, something as thin and unexceptional as this, is just too long. The result is that all the running gags run out of steam and there are far too many fudgy bits between the comic highlights. Nevertheless, lightly likable.
Nothing makes a moviegoer feel more isolated than sitting stony-faced through a comedy that makes the rest of the audience laugh and cheer. Am I blind? Or are they seeing things?
My Cousin Vinny isn't any Masterpiece but it is a great comedy, a fun court comedy drama that perform funnily by the great Joe Pesci and delightfully by Marisa Tomei, the rest of the cast was also good, this is what makes Pesci special is that in the case of Raging Bull and Goodfellas he can be the scariest and most intense person in the room but in the case of My Cousin Vinny and another example of great comedy starring Pesci which is Home Alone he can also be the goofiest person in the room too, i have so much fun with My Cousin Vinny, i laugh a lot and i really enjoyed it.
It's been 30 years since the release of this film at the time I'm writing this review in September of 2022, and I'm just seeing it for the first time. I guess I missed this one?? I know it was a hit back in '92 but I'm afraid it comes across as a product of it's time. Not Pesci's best performance by far, in my opinion, and overall it fell flat with occasional moments that gave me a little chuckle. I dunno, I just wasn't feelin' this one.
your gullibility towards this sweet tale won't end up..
My Cousin Vinny
Lynn's mockery over the judicial system and the lower mentality of the society works like a charm that sweeps away its runtime in front of your eyes and your gullibility towards this sweet tale won't end up. It is not flat out hilarious. Maybe, because it doesn't try too hard. It is happy in its convenience. And it's that flow that makers doesn't wish to stop and neither do we. Satisfied within its range, this soothing feature endorses your textbook comic sequence with a bit of drama imputed in it that helps it make it more grounded and practical. And giving the script a hand, is the performance that makes it more pragmatic and believable. This hilarious casting is apt for this sort of storyline.
Pesci on the driver's seat has been allotted basically his home ground. This is his forte. Whether then be it to argue without any knowledge or do physical comedy, his range never fails to surprise you. His comic timing is off the roof. But this isn't a one man army war. The story demands a better guide to this protagonist and Tomei is just the actor to portray this character. Her accent, her whining over little things and a vital "witness" to this case, she is a competition to Pesci. Their bittersweet relationship is the trump card of the feature.
The narration though, is mediocre throughout the course. It's that flat line that is off putting. Even the courtroom drama offers you the expected chills and nothing extraordinary. Lynn manages to keep a big smile on your face thoroughly with Launer's simple and sensible script and his decent execution. There are no surprising elements, nothing to be mesmerized about. My Cousin Vinny is just like your cousin, you wouldn't leave your ears off when it has to say something, but you wouldn't miss it too, after the curtain drops.