My Cousin Vinny Reviews

I have noticed that this movie usually gets some mixed reviews. Indeed, even though many praised Marisa Tomei for her performance, some thought she actually didn’t deserve to win an Academy Award and afterwards, for at least a decade, Tomei would have a rather unerwhelming career. Also, apparently, this movie was also praised by lawyers as being one of the most accurate movies dealing with a courtroom procedure. To be honest, when I saw it, it didn’t really strike me as something really realistic but I may have missed something here. Anyway, I thought it was not bad but it was not great either. On top of that, Joe Pesci is usually pretty awesome but, at the end of the day, he basically always plays the very same character in all his movies and this flick was definitely not an exception. Concerning Marisa Tomei, I thought she gave a decent performance as well but I have seen her giving much better perfomances later on in her career (for example, in ‘The Wrestler’, ‘Before the Devil Knows You're Dead’ or in 'In the Bedroom’). To conclude, all in all, I have to admit that the whole thing was still fairly entertaining and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

"My Cousin Vinny" is not really a well known film but is worth watching out for. A very funny Joe Pesci has the time of his life in the lead role with excellent support from Marisa Tomei in an Oscar winning performance as his girl friend. This film is a complete change of pace for Pesci after his tough guy gangster roles in films such as "Goodfellas" and "Casino". Fred Gwynne was outstanding as Judge Haller in a well written role and his scenes in the courtroom with Joe Pesci were hilarious.
Favourite lines:
Mitchell Whitfield to Ralph Macchio: "Ridiculous, all this over a can of tuna!".
Fred Gwynne to Joe Pesci: "Once again the communication process is broken down".
Pesci to Gwynne: "You were serious about that?".
Pesci (to Marisa Tomei): "Thank you Miss Vito. No more questions. Thank you very, very much. You've been a lovely, lovely witness".
Directed by Jonathan Lynn and expertly acted this is one of the most delightful and funny courtroom comedies you will see in a long time. Highly recommended.

Like the tagline suggests "A comedy of trial and error", this film makes the courtroom worthy of Joe Pesci's playground. Marisa Tomei is perfect in the supporting role.