Comedy starring
Joe Pesci
Marisa Tomei
Admittingto accidental shoplifting, young New Yorkers Bill Gambini and Stan Rothenstein are shocked to find themselves imprisoned in a sleepy
Alabama town, charged with murder.
Gambini's one phone call summons his cousin Vinny, a lawyer who has managed to pass the bar exams after five failures and is looking foward to his first court case. Marisa Tomei won an Oscarfor her role as Vinny's sharp-tongued girlfriend.
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Director Jonathan Lynn (1992)
* FILM REVIEWS pages 43-48