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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience 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 Languages: Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox MPN: 024543005315 Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 25, 2000 Running Time: 120 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: March 13, 1992 Editorial Review: Product Description: A college student and his friend are accused of murder in the depths of the South, and law school graduate cousin Vinny comes to the rescue. The trouble is, Vinny passed the bar on his sixth try and has never appeared in court before. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: R Release Date: 4-FEB-2003 Media Type: DVD 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 Average Rating:
 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 Rating:  - Wife's FavoriteThis is one of my wife's all time favorites. It is a classic well worth having in the library for friends that have not seen it and to watch over and over again yourself. Rating: - ONE OF PESCI'S FINEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What can I say about this movie? I absolutely LOVED IT! It was so entertaining- I own it and I have to watch it at least twice a year. I loved the main characters from the scene when they cruised into town (oh yeah...you blend) to near the end when Tomei thrills us with her expertise about cars on the witness stand. The late Fred Gwynne was dead on as the typical southern judge (once again - the communication process has broken down.) Pesci and Tomei were at their best throughout. I always laugh every ... Read More Rating: - Vinny BoySaw this once on TV and just had to have it! It's hilarious while intriguing. A must have! Rating: - A man who has struggled to make himself a lawyer finds the strength and energy to become a good oneThis movie starts out looking like other tales of New Yorkers traveling through the South, being falsely charged with murder and then having a sham trial. The age of the cars indicates that the time is the mid sixties, although the prominent role blacks have in the jury and law enforcement would place the time at least two decades later. Joe Pesci plays a lawyer with dubious legal credentials who drives down to Alabama to defend his cousin and his cousin's friend. At first, Pesci comes across as a ... Read More |
