My Cousin Vinny

"There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them."

1992 1h 59m EN

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7.5

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85%

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7.6

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★7.5TMDB · 1,997🍅85%Rotten Tomatoes●68Metacritic★7.6IMDB · 156,481

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Synopsis

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Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

“There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.”

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Cast

Ralph Macchio
Bill Gambini
Joe Pesci
Vinny Gambini
Marisa Tomei
Mona Lisa Vito
Mitchell Whitfield
Stan Rothenstein
Fred Gwynne
Judge Chamberlain Haller
Lane Smith
Jim Trotter III
Austin Pendleton
John Gibbons
Bruce McGill
Sheriff Farley

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Writers: Dale Launer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jonathan Lynn, shot by Peter Deming. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen E. Rivkin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Ralph Macchio and Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0104952 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Jonathan Lynn directs. Peter Deming behind the camera. Randy Edelman scores. Stephen E. Rivkin cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.
234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Jonathan Lynn, shot by Peter Deming. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Randy Edelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Stephen E. Rivkin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ralph Macchio and Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.".
8IMDB entry: tt0104952 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 27 themes, including "prison", "small town", "court case", "court".

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Deming
Original score: Randy Edelman
Editing: Stephen E. Rivkin
Production design: Victoria Paul
Makeup / hair: Roseanne Griffith
Sound: Robert J. Litt
Stunt coordinator: Roy Farfel
Runtime: 119 min · 1h 59m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $11,000,000
Box office: $64,088,552
Return: 583% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes: 85% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB rating: 7.6/10 · 156,481 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 6 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

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Wuchak2020-06-26
★ 7/10
Funny, with characters you care about "My Cousin Vinny" was a hit when it was released in 1992. Two youths from New York are wrongly accused of murder while traveling through Alabama and one of them (Ralph Macchio) calls on his inexperienced lawyer cousin, Vinny (Joe Pesci), to defend them. Vinny roles into town with his hot fiancé (Marisa Tomei) intent on winning his first big case. I've heard a lot about this movie over the years, but never got around to seeing it till the other night and was pleasantly surprised. It's part fish-out-of-water comedy and part courtroom drama. The hulking Fred Gwynne plays the staunch judge, an amusing performance. It was Gwynne's last film. The movie is filled with laughs throughout, but it's more than just a goofball comedy. At some point early in the second act I strangely found myself liking Vinny and wanting him to succeed. I also found myself warming up to Vinny & his fiancé as a couple. They're an odd couple, but somehow click. I guess this is where Marisa got the reputation for liking short, stocky men. Speaking of Marisa, she's just stunning here, although I prefer her more as she gets older, e.g. 2008's "The Wrestler.” The film was shot in Georgia and runs 120 minutes. GRADE: B+
GenerationofSwine2023-01-11
★ 10/10
This never stops being funny no matter how many times you watch it. I think Marisa Tomei won or was nominated for an Oscar for this... and it was well deserved. In a lot of her movies she played the role of "a pretty face" but she not only stood her ground against Joe Pesci but she actually out shined him in a few scenes. That is a hard thing to do, usually when Pesci is cast he's the best part of the film... and he was priceless in this... and Marisa Tomei out did him. So what you have is a movie that is endlessly quotable, completely hysterical, and has two of the best performances you'll see in any movie, drama or comedy... with a script that backs it up. Movies don't get better than this.