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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 humour. 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 likeable 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 Judy Davis, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave); but seeing her performance on its own, it's a comic marvel and worthy of honour. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
Synopsis
Two college students charged with murder in a small American town call upon their cousin Vinny in a desperate attempt to clear their names. Unfortunately cousin Vinny has only just qualified as a lawyer... on his sixth attempt..!