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13/03/1992 Comedy, Drama 1h 59m
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There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.

Overview

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!

  1. Jonathan Lynn

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joe Pesci

    Vincent 'Vinny' Gambini

  2. Marisa Tomei

    Mona Lisa Vito

  3. Ralph Macchio

    William 'Bill' Gambini

  4. Mitchell Whitfield

    Stan Rothenstein

  5. Fred Gwynne

    Judge Chamberlain Haller

  6. Lane Smith

    Jim Trotter III

  7. Austin Pendleton

    John Gibbons

  8. Bruce McGill

    Sheriff Farley

  9. Maury Chaykin

    Sam Tipton

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-11
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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$11,000,000.00

Revenue
$64,088,552.00

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