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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PESCI,JOE
EAN: 9786305929703
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 630592970X
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 25, 2000
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 585
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: March 13, 1992
Editorial Review:
Description:
Two carefree pals (Ralph Macchio and Mitchell Whitfield) traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini (Joe Pesci, Lethal Weapon 3, Home Alone), a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. Vinny's never been in court - or in Alabama - and when he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend (Marisa Tomei in her Oscar® winning Supporting Actress performance), to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
Amazon.com:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Thanks for being so prompt
Thanks for being so prompt. Have not watched the movie yet, but I'm sure it's fine.
Rating: - Who, who would try and fix me up with Marisa Tomei?
Two college kids are on a road trip through the South. They stop for gas at a convenience store, buy some groceries, and leave. The store is robbed, the cashier is fatally shot, and all the evidence points to them. They have no money so they turn to Billy Gambini's (Ralph Macchio) Cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), a lawyer.
Marisa Tomei won an Oscar for her role in My Cousin Vinny. I always liked Marisa Tomei, but I figured it must be a fluke. They don't usually give any Oscars to comedies, ... Read More
Rating:  - A classic !
Hillarious! By now, almost every line from the movie is a classic !
It's fantastic, you'll enjoy it; buy it !
Rating:  - `The South' meets `The Bronx' meets stereotypical heaven...
Truth be told, `My Cousin Vinny' is funny. If we're being completely honest though I have to mention that the laughs start to feel forced and repetitive as the film drags on. Yes, `My Cousin Vinny' is one long stereotype that is funny for a while but then borders on the annoying.
I don't want to rip the movie apart, because it's not the first film to base its comedic foundation on a slew of racial and demographical stereotypes. It's also not the worst film to abuse a code of ethics ... Read More
Rating: - One of my favorite comedies
"My Cousin Vinny" is a real gem, a perfect, funny, smart comedy, a very rare kind that I can watch and enjoy over and over again no matter how many times I've seen it and from what scene I watch it. This is one of my three all time favorite English language comedies along with "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "A Fish Called Wanda". When I think of it, all three share the same concept - playing the differences between the cultures, mentalities, ways of living, talking, doing things, even cooking - Europeans ... Read More
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