My Cousin Vinny (Lynn, 1992): Prince Charles Cinema, 8.15pm
This is a 35mm presentation.
Chicago Reader review:
Two college students from New York (Ralph Macchio and Mitchell
Whitfield) are wrongly accused of killing a clerk in a convenience store
in Wahzoo City, Alabama, and one’s Brooklyn cousin–a rookie lawyer (Joe
Pesci)–arrives with his fiancee (Marisa Tomei) to defend them in what
proves to be his first court case. While it’s easy to imagine an
infinite number of bad courtroom comedies based on this scenario, this
movie turns out to be wonderful–broad and low character comedy that’s
solidly imagined and beautifully played. Far from having a bone to pick
with either side of the cultural collision, writer-producer Dale Launer
(Ruthless People) and director Jonathan Lynn (Nuns on the Run), both
surpassing their earlier accomplishments, are clearly equal-opportunity
caricaturists, with affection for both the southern and northern
factions in the movie. The cast (which also includes a very wry Fred
Gwynne and Austin Pendleton in a cameo role) is uniformly good, but
Tomei is especially worth noting as the lawyer’s smart and feisty
girlfriend; her performance triumphs over an improbable number of
costume changes.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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