"There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified The Great American Legal System. This is not one of them". The film's tagline really defines the movie. This certainly doesn't mean the film is not worth watching. Marisa Tomei alone makes the movie worth watching, yet Joe Pesci along with a great screenplay make it really worth the time to sit and enjoy. The film follows the story of two boys, Bill and Stan, who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time during a murder investigation. Bill, with no money, calls his cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), a "lawyer" who has recently passed the bar exam after five previous fails. Vinny and his girlfriend Mona Lisa Vito (Tomei) drive down to Alabama to defend the boys, despite Vinny never having attended a trial, let alone defending a murder suspect. Tomei steals the film as the intelligent, beautiful, and sassy fiancé of cousin Vinny, a role for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (My biological clock is ticking like this!!!). Watch this movie... you will not regret it. 7 out of 10 stars.
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