My Cousin Vinny - Starring Joe Pesci
Approx. Running Time: 1 hr. 59 min.
Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei make their Brooklyn spirit shine even in the most rough and rural areas of southern America. I couldn’t resist making a movie rental review about such a notorious gangster like Joe Pesci in such a non-typical role. All of his other classics like Casino and Goodfellas don’t seem to brush on Pesci’s more sensitive side. In My Cousin Vinny we see a man from the streets use his big heart to win over a judge. This is a judge who will be deciding the fate of two young boys involved in an accidental conviction just because they were at the scene. What’s remarkable is you know from the start of the film these two sweet lads couldn’t have possibly committed such a heinous crime.
Joe Pesci creates an almost humorous contrast to the strict, formal nature of a court room. It’s as if he doesn’t care that he’s not an official lawyer. And he gets lucky enough not to get exposed as a phony either. What I found somewhat difficult in writing this movie rental review is classifying this classic tale as comedy or drama. You want to laugh at Pesci’s absurdity but is that really funny to you? Like is he here to fucking amusing you? Joe lives up to his name, all the way through. I love it.
In all fairness, I think I should explain to you how this movie rental may end. The biggest problem the two boys face is the amount of evidence pointing to them. It’s as if they were caught in the crossfire, stuck in the middle. There is no way out and they even consider hiring a regular defense lawyer. But life’s lessons prove that it’s not what you know but who you know. And them having a connection to Pesci is a godsend. Fortunately for them, his girlfriend also happens to be a mechanic. She knows everything about cars. What make of car was at the crime scene will ultimately decide who’s guilty. Can the mechanic girlfriend use her rapier wit to save the boys from the chair?
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