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There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
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... see more
There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
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... see more
Review[8.5/10] It’s a crime that *My Cousin Vinny* wasn’t so much as nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1993 Oscars. You’d be hard-pressed to find a script that accomplishes so much, so nimbly, and with so much character, with only a handful of “gimmes” to speak of. The film is a fun rendition of the legal system, and a showcase for an array of talented performers. But first and foremost, it is a well-built, tightly-written movie that owes much of its success to how well every piece of it…