My Cousin Vinny (DVD)

My Cousin Vinny is a film that does a very good job of walking that fine line between satire and offensive stereotyping. Fortunately, Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei were on hand to create two lovable Italian New Yorkers, good guys both, who probably spend Christmas with their mobbed-up cousins. Watching these two trying to eat a plate of grits in a small southern town is worth the buying price, but Tomei's surprise Oscar winning performance is the real treasure in this oddball cross-cultural comedy. It's technically a courtroom "drama," but the only drama in this courtroom comes from the intense hatred southern judge Fred Gwynne has for the goofy Vinny. Vinny is NY's newest and worst practicing lawyer, but he's had to come to the Deep South to represent his cousin (Ralph Macchio) in a murder trial (we know he's innocent, but that's part of the fun). Tomei tags along with the hope that Vinny will finally pop the question, but her eerie familiarity with all things automotive (she knows the meaning of the word "positraction") actually comes in handy when all seems lost. The film is filled with backwoods rubes and southern police officers who are borderline racists, but the script never tries to make to much of a fuss over it, and one senses that a lot of love and respect went into the crafting of these characters. Besides, none of the Southerners in this piece are in any way as offensive as Vinny and Lisa. Even their wardrobes scream abusive pimp and skanky 'ho. This one still holds up, and it's as funny the tenth time as it was the first.

My Cousin Vinny, a timeless comedy classic with Joe Pesci, the late Fred Gywnn and Best Supporting actress, Marisa Tomei! There are many memorable one liners in this hilarious story of a nephew and his college buddy falsely accused of armed robbery and murder in a rural Alabama convenience store. To the rescue is "My cousin Vinny" an Italian New York city slicker who has never been to trial much less take on a case. Along with his fiance'(Marisa Tomei) Brilliant performance. The case goes to trial and the antics and characters are perfect for this whacky murder case! I recommend this flick, I think it is rated PG

If you like comedy with a bite, this one is sure to please!
"Two Yutes" are charged with murder in a sleepy Alabama town. They call home for help and Cousin Vinny arrives. Vincent Gambini (Joe Pesci) brings his fiancee Mona (Marissa Tomei) with him to help save his cousin and the cousin's friend.
Faced with a life and death case, a judge who hates him, sleep deprivation, contempt of court several times and his fiancee's biological clock that's ticking, Vinny has to find a way to prove his cousin innocent.
Laughs abound with the vulgar comedy duo of Joe and Marissa. The story line is wonderful and the dialog rude, crude and funny as he**. Make sure the kiddies are in bed for this one!

I am not a big Joe Pesci fan, but I loved this movie.

The story moves at a good pace (I hate it when a movie moves slowly) and it is non stop humor.

This movie, plays upon the culture clash between the big city types and the slow paced towns you might find in Alabama.

Vinny (Joe Pesci) is not your traditional lawyer, okay procedure is not his strong point, but boy can he argue.

Fred Gwynn (Who played Herman Munters on the Munsters) served as the no nonsense judge - and it was Gwyn's last role before he died.

I enjoyed how during this movie you saw how vinny became a better lawyer and how his style clashes with the judge and other members in the community.

The bonus featues included 2 TV comericals that ran to promote the movie as well as 2 movie trailers. Nothing in the TV comericals or trailers that weas not in the movie.

The directory comentary was one of the best I have ever heard. It was full of great details about production of the moive, location shots, his thoughts during and after the film and more. It is worth the time to watch.

This movie wil keep laughter in order - however the "F" Bomb is used a lot in this film. It was ot just in there for shock value, but it was used in such a way that you would beleive these characters would talk this way. This might not be a video you show infront of the kids.

This film brings together the witty satire of director Jonathan Lynn with bijou performances from Joe Pesci & Marisa Tomei. This is more than a liberal English director's commentary on the xenophobia of southern states, and contrasts competence and inexperience, human feeling and ingrained intolerance, barbarism and civilization in a light and witty commentary on law as administered in a small southern town. Against a background of the gallows, Joe Pesci (Vinny) learns trial procedures on his feet as he struggles to overcome "the system" and its workings. Clever twists and sympathetic treatment of the humanity in the least sympathetic characters save this from being a slapstick production.