My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Directed by Jonathan Lynn · 119 min · Comedy, Drama
56.1 TOPICAL score · #1,519 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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!
My Cousin Vinny (1992, directed by Jonathan Lynn) has a TOPICAL score of 56.1 - ranked 1,519 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 1 award from 1 nomination, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Critics: 85% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 68. Audiences: TMDB 7.5/10 (2,002 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 38 languages.
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- Critics85% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.9/10 critics' average · Metacritic 68
- AudienceTMDB 7.5/10 (2,002 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 38 languages
- Still read118,885 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Ralph Macchio (actor #1,372), Joe Pesci (actor #127), Marisa Tomei (actor #290), Mitchell Whitfield
“My Cousin Vinny was a critical and commercial success, with Pesci, Gwynne, Macchio and Tomei praised for their performances.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 6/10