My Cousin Vinny

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

• Rated 7.5 out of 10
• Movie
• 1992
• 1h 59m
• Comedy
• Drama

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!

Director

Jonathan Lynn

Starring

Ralph Macchio, Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield