My Cousin Vinny

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  • My Cousin Vinny -- Tough-talking comedy has New York college students Ralph Macchio and Mitchell Whitfield improbably charged with murder in the deep South, then defended by rookie Brooklyn lawyer Joe Pesci with a little help from girlfriend Marisa Tomei. Relying on blue-collar and Southern stereotypes, director Jonathan Lynn fashions a fitfully funny, fish-out-of-water courtroom comedy. Much rough language, a few double entendres and an implied premarital relationship. (A-III) (R) ( 1992 )




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