My Cousin Vinny (1992)

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The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris (2023-07-18):

Double feature

  1. pick Goodfellas: A Pesci pairing: the two make a long, great five-hour night.
    “I was going to say Goodfellas to this is pretty great.”
    unknown · 1:18:20
  2. pick The Paper: Another Marisa Tomei movie from the same era, and she is great in it.
    “I would actually just, just because I love the movie and also she's great in it as I would throw the paper on.”
    unknown · 1:18:39

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick The police confession confusion with Macchio, two separate conversations about two different things.
    “Most rewatchable scenes, the, uh, police confession confusion.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:12
  2. pick Pesci in the jail cell with Stan, who thinks it is a prison negotiation.
    “Same thing with Pesci when he goes to the cell and it's, uh... You mean Stan? You mean Stan? Who thinks it's a prison rape negotiation?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:33
  3. pick Vinny fighting to keep the case and Macchio convincing his buddy to keep him on.
    “The, uh, Vinny fighting to keep the case and and machio convincing his buddy to keep in mind.”
    unknown · 0:37:40
  4. pick The hotel scene where Lisa reads the law book and says 'it's called disclosure, you dickhead.'
    “It's called disclosure, you dickhead.”
    unknown · 0:37:53
  5. pick The grits testimony, the two Utes on the stand.
    “And then we have the 3 on the stands, the 2 Utes.”
    unknown · 0:38:15
  6. pick The thicker-glasses witness and the tape measure.
    “The thicker glasses scene with the tape measure, just good theater.”
    unknown · 0:41:02
  7. pick Vinny cross-examining Lisa on the stand, which plays like a silent-movie dance with the sound off.
    “It looks like a dance sequence.”
    Wesley Morris · 0:41:21
  8. floated The opening scene with the can of tuna.
    “We should put that in most rewatchables.”
    unknown · 1:08:18

Ebert review · Reading Roger Ebert's review of the film.

  1. pick My Cousin Vinny: Two and a half stars; Bill says it became a great rental.
    “Our guy Raj, he says 2.5 stars.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:30

What aged best · What has held up best in the movie.

  1. pick The screenwriting trick of everybody underestimating each other until they find common ground
    “I mean, I just think that the screenwriting trick of everybody underestimates each other until they find common ground is like a very satisfying and heartwarming thing to watch.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:44:42
  2. pick Marisa Tomei's clothes and styling: Led into a tangent about Fran Drescher on The Nanny.
    “Just the clothes in this movie, I think, have aged the best.”
    Wesley Morris · 0:47:08
  3. pick Belichick quoting Mona Lisa Vito during Deflategate
    “I don't claim to be the Mona Lisa Vito of inflation.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:44:03
  4. pick Bruce McGill as Jim Trotter III: Reading McGill saying the movie gets rerun more than anything but Animal House.
    “He said my cousin Vinny, quote, gets rerun more than anything I've done except maybe Animal House.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:43:45

What aged the worst · What has held up worst in the movie.

  1. pick Ralph Macchio's mustache: Picked over his basketball scene.
    “I probably would have not had the basketball scene, but the mustaches...”
    unknown · 0:52:54
  2. pick The prison uniforms with racing stripes
    “Like, there are racing stripes on the sides of the universe.”
    unknown · 0:53:07
  3. pick Fred Gwynne as Judge Haller: In 1992 he was still Herman Munster to viewers.
    “I was like, remember Munster is the fucking judge?”
    unknown · 0:53:23
  4. pick Austin Pendleton as Public defender: The stuttering lawyer gag; Pendleton has said he regrets it.
    “But it's just playing that for comedy is is low.”
    unknown · 0:55:26
  5. pick The adult comedies screenwriter Dale Launer wrote, which are not made anymore
    “And it's like, it was just a, this, that's just a movie we do not make at all anymore, pretty much.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:55:42
  6. pick Bruce McGill's oral-history account of Pesci walking off the set
    “I don't want to think about Angry Joe Pesci.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:57:16
  7. nominee Pesci's Ewings: He is on the fence over whether they aged worst or best; another host calls them the worst.
    “I'm on the fence about whether it's age the worst or the best.”
    Wesley Morris · 0:57:28
  8. pick The thirty-one cent can of tuna
    “You should put that on what stage the worst that you could, when pennies were part of a price of something.”
    unknown · 1:08:05

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a movie they love.

  1. pick Does the whole town show up to the trial; nothing else happens there
    “Did anything else happen in this town during the trial because the entirety of the town seems to be there.”
    unknown · 0:50:08
  2. pick Macchio is not scared enough in the first 15 minutes
    “Macchio is just not scared enough in the 1st 15 minutes, and I'm not sure if it's because he's not the greatest actor or what's going on, but I would just be way more scared.”
    unknown · 1:11:33
  3. pick A manual for the hotel faucet in the hotel room
    “Why is there a manual for the hotel faucet in the hotel room?”
    unknown · 1:11:57
  4. pick The wad-of-cash sequence that only exists to prove Vinny's bullshit detector
    “The only reason that Waddock Cash sequence is there is so that we can see the proof of what Machio is telling.”
    unknown · 1:12:52
  5. pick The capital punishment protest at the prison, played half as a joke
    “It's like, so in halfway, the death penalty is a joke.”
    unknown · 1:17:06
  6. pick Is there no press anywhere in the region
    “Is there no media whatsoever?”
    unknown · 1:17:20

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.

  1. winner The murder charge, with Macchio confessing to something no one told him about
    “You know, the murder charge is the weak link of the film.”
    unknown · 0:51:44

Best shot · The most cinematic shot (the Great Shack Order Award).

  1. nominee A Dutch-angle shot on James Rebhorn that feels like Hitchcock: Neither speaker had a real pick.
    “I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle, but Oh, yeah, it's not.”
    unknown · 0:51:35

Best needle drop · Best use of a song.

  1. winner The opening credits song (the Fabulous Thunderbirds)
    “The opening credits.”
    unknown · 0:49:42

Big Kahuna Burger Award · Best use of food and drink.

  1. winner The breakfast scene: eggs, bacon, and grits
    “Clearly the breakfast one.”
    unknown · 0:49:51

Hottest take · A scorching take on the movie.

  1. pick Judge Haller holding Vinny in contempt so many times
    “I feel like Judge Holler wastes a lot of, uh, of the city's time and money by putting him in contempt so many times.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:59:09
  2. pick My Cousin Vinny: Says the movie and ones like it make people think they can defend themselves, doing more harm than good.
    “I think this movie and movies like it are why people think they can defend themselves in court.”
    Wesley Morris · 0:59:35

Best quote · Best line in the movie.

  1. pick There's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about
    “And they say in the movie, best quote, there's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about.”
    unknown · 0:58:45
  2. pick It's called disclosure, you dickhead
    “Solid, or it's called disclosure, you dickhead.”
    unknown · 0:58:50

Casting what-ifs · Almost-castings and recasts.

  1. pick Andrew Dice Clay as Vinny: The studio's original choice before an off-screen falling-out.
    “The studio originally wanted for Vinny, Andrew Dice Clay.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:54
  2. pick Jim Belushi as Vinny: Says he regrets turning the role down.
    “Jim Belushi said that he regretted turning down the title role in this film.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:32
  3. pick Lorraine Bracco as Mona Lisa Vito: Approached along with another actress who passed.
    “They, uh, they approached Lorraine Bracco and Carol Davis from Elisa they passed.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:41
  4. pick Will Smith as Stan Rothenstein: Auditioned per the casting director; Wesley prefers the actual casting because a Black man arrested for murder would change the film's tone.
    “We auditioned Will Smith for Rothenstein.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:02:51
  5. pick Wil Wheaton as Bill: Part of a recast riff on the two film-school kids, along with Corey Feldman, Robert Downey Jr. and River Phoenix.
    “Well, Wheaton wouldn't be bad.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:06:57
  6. pick Marisa Tomei as Sofia Coppola in The Godfather Part III
    “I think she would have been a great, Sophia Coppola, for Godfather 3.”
    unknown · 0:20:12

Vincent Hanna / Saul Rubinek Award · Best overacting.

  1. winner Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito: The biological clock scene.
    “Yeah, she dowsed it up to about 190 miles an hour.”
    unknown · 1:04:51

Best That Guy · Best that guy actor in the cast.

  1. nominee James Rebhorn: Raised after Bruce McGill was ruled ineligible.
    “James Redborn?”
    unknown · 1:05:36
  2. nominee Maury Chaykin
    “I was going to throw up Maury Chakin.”
    unknown · 1:05:40
  3. nominee Lane Smith
    “I had Lane Smith.”
    unknown · 1:05:49

Dion Waiters Award · Small role, big impact.

  1. winner The diner chef
    “The diner chef.”
    unknown · 1:06:09

Best horse name · Best name in the movie, as a horse or a place.

  1. winner Wazoo, Alabama: Also floated 'Cousin Vinny' as a horse name; the category name is garbled in the transcript.
    “Wazoo, Alabama, great.”
    unknown · 1:11:31

Apex Mountain · Where a person or thing sits on the career or cultural mountain.

  1. pick Joe Pesci: This era is his apex.
    “This is the era.”
    unknown · 1:09:15
  2. pick Marisa Tomei: Yes, at the apex.
    “Marissa, I would say, yes.”
    unknown · 1:09:27
  3. pick Ralph Macchio: No.
    “Machio, no.”
    unknown · 1:10:04
  4. pick Grits: Yes, at the apex.
    “Grits 100%.”
    unknown · 1:10:21
  5. pick Automotive and mechanical intelligence (the tire tracks)
    “It's Apex Mountain for... like automotive intelligence, right?”
    unknown · 1:10:46

Sequel, prequel, prestige TV · The sequel, prequel or TV version they would make.

  1. pick My Cousin Vinny: Calls it untouchable, even an all-Black-cast version; Kevin Hart joked about as Vinny.
    “I think it's untouchable.”
    unknown · 1:13:27

Unanswerable questions · Open questions the movie leaves.

  1. pick Did Vinny and Lisa stay together?: Yes, with a hundred percent confidence.
    “A 100%, yes.”
    unknown · 1:15:27

Zihuatanejo Award (what happened the next day) · What the characters did afterward.

  1. pick Bill and Stan, the film-school kids: What movie would they make out of the experience.
    “It's basically Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the legal system.”
    unknown · 1:19:29

Memorabilia · A prop they would own.

  1. pick Pesci's Ewings
    “Well, Wesley pointed out the Ewings.”
    unknown · 1:19:53
  2. pick Pesci's wig
    “I was thinking Pesci's wig would be...”
    unknown · 1:20:00

Coach Finstock Award · Best life lesson.

  1. winner No self-respecting southerner uses instant grits
    “I'm going to say no self-respecting southerner uses instant grits.”
    unknown · 1:20:08

Who won the movie · Who won the movie.

  1. winner Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito: A second host agreed.
    “This is a person who has complete command over this part from the beginning, beginning to end.”
    unknown · 1:21:30

Oscar pick · Who should have won or been nominated.

  1. winner Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito: Her win holds up on rewatch.
    “And I think if you watch this movie, that courtroom scene, It's just... A tour de force.”
    Wesley Morris · 0:14:41

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (craft): Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ My Cousin Vinny (the host's read). A Dutch-angle shot of James Rebhorn is called supposed to be out of Hitchcock, offered while saying the film has no truly cinematic shot.
    “I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:51:35 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

Three's Company: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Three's Company ⇒ My Cousin Vinny (the host's read). Built on the misunderstanding-sitcom gags of that era; Friends was the last to dive into it.
    “it's still the legacy of that 3s company era of misunderstandings that could be entire episode.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:08:02 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Fran Drescher: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. industry (industry): My Cousin Vinny ⇒ Fran Drescher (the host's read). Easy to rip off Tomei because ethnic comic performers with timing and sex appeal knew what to do with such a part.
    “there's a whole world of so-called ethnics out there who have great comic timing are really sexy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:48:38 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)

Legally Blonde: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny ⇒ Legally Blonde (the host's read). Legally Blonde comes after Vinny and plays with the genre's moments.
    “it comes after my cousin Vinny”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:34:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

Connected to

Joe Pesci: 2 lines industry ×1 career ×1

  1. career (career): Joe Pesci → My Cousin Vinny. Maybe Vinny, not Goodfellas, Casino or JFK, is Pesci's shining achievement.
    “Maybe it's my cousin Vinny that is his his shining achievement”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:22:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)

Legally Blonde: 2 lines theme ×1 lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Legally Blonde → My Cousin Vinny. Legally Blonde comes after Vinny and plays with the genre's moments.
    “it comes after my cousin Vinny”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:34:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

21 Bridges: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → 21 Bridges. Time as a movie's best friend: Vinny aged into rewatchable, as 21 Bridges and Triple Frontier may be doing now.
    “Oh, this is how I'm feeling about 21 bridges.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:11:08 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

A Few Good Men: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): My Cousin Vinny → A Few Good Men. Vinny is a parody and a loving endorsement of all the pleasures of courtroom movies.
    “a parody of these types of movies and a parody of the legal system”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:21:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)

A Time to Kill: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): My Cousin Vinny → A Time to Kill. Part of Courtroom Month; they also talked about jury selection in A Time to Kill.
    “We talked on a time to go about how much we like jury selection.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:20:33 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): My Cousin Vinny → Alfred Hitchcock. A Dutch-angle shot of James Rebhorn is called supposed to be out of Hitchcock, offered while saying the film has no truly cinematic shot.
    “I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:51:35 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

Andrew Dice Clay: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Andrew Dice Clay → My Cousin Vinny. Studio wanted Dice for Vinny but an executive removed him after he said something horrible to her.
    “The studio originally wanted for Vinny, Andrew Dice Clay.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:01:52 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Bill Belichick: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Bill Belichick → My Cousin Vinny. Belichick used Mona Lisa Vito to answer Deflategate PSI questions.
    “I don't claim to be the Mona Lisa Vito of inflation.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:44:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Cruel Intentions 2: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): My Cousin Vinny → Cruel Intentions 2. A Vinny sequel was talked about but never made; it would have been like a Cruel Intentions 2.
    “it would have been like the cruel intentions 2 sequel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:08:57 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

David Mamet: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): David Mamet → My Cousin Vinny. Mamet told the director it is the best American comedy ever written.
    “David Mammoth told the director that it's the best American comedy ever written.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:10:02 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Easy Money: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): My Cousin Vinny → Easy Money. Pesci-related double feature with the Rodney Dangerfield movie Easy Money.
    “The other one I was thinking was that movie he made with Rodney Dangerfield.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:18:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fran Drescher: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Fran Drescher → My Cousin Vinny. Easy to rip off Tomei because ethnic comic performers with timing and sex appeal knew what to do with such a part.
    “there's a whole world of so-called ethnics out there who have great comic timing are really sexy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:48:38 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)

Francis Ford Coppola: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): My Cousin Vinny → Francis Ford Coppola. Macchio recalls Coppola saying time is what makes a great movie; Vinny is one of those that aged into it.
    “we concurred that what defines a great movie is time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:10:28 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fred Gwynne: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Fred Gwynne → My Cousin Vinny. Fred Gwynn plays the small-town judge, Herman Munster.
    “Herman Munster is so good”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:22:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Good Will Hunting: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): My Cousin Vinny → Good Will Hunting. Hates movies that end on a car driving away; Good Will Hunting is the lazy example, but Vinny's car ending works.
    “I don't love a movie that ends with a shot of anybody doing anything in a car.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:15:32 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

Goodfellas: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): My Cousin Vinny → Goodfellas. Best double feature: Goodfellas then Vinny, though Vinny is too close in length.
    “I was going to say Goodfellas to this is pretty great.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:18:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Green Book: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Green Book. Italians-versus-the-South culture clash; Green Book is the only comparable one anyone can think of.
    “I mean, green book's the only thing I can think of.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:06:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Groundhog Day: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Groundhog Day. The whole town seems to attend the trial each day.
    “Groundhog Day is a thing that came out for me watching this too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:50:19 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

Hoosiers: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → Hoosiers. Courtroom movies are sports movies, and this one becomes Hoosiers in the last 30 minutes.
    “it becomes basically Hoosiers in the last 30 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:04:48 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

I'm No Angel: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → I'm No Angel. Early legal comedy: Mae West cross-examines her own maid.
    “I think at some point she cross-examines her own maid”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:25:34 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

Jim Belushi: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Jim Belushi → My Cousin Vinny. Belushi said he regretted turning down the title role.
    “Jim Belushi said that he regretted turning down the title role in this film.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:32 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Jonathan Lynn: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Jonathan Lynn → My Cousin Vinny. Lynn used to be a lawyer so the trial stuff is tight, which is why lawyers love it.
    “Jonathan Lynn used to be a lawyer and made sure that all the stuff was like was pretty tight.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:52:07 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Lorraine Bracco: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Lorraine Bracco → My Cousin Vinny. Bracco and Geena Davis were approached for Mona Lisa and passed.
    “They, uh, they approached Lorraine Bracco and Carol Davis from Elisa they passed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:41 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Marisa Tomei: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): My Cousin Vinny → Marisa Tomei. Tomei is the rare woman who gets to do something in these movies.
    “the only time, God bless Marissa Tome, that a woman gets to do anything”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:21:12 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)

Preston Sturges: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → Preston Sturges. Screwball in conception but not in execution.
    “it's almost like Preston Sturgis, where it's just like, it's kind of screwball and its conception.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:07:49 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Primal Fear: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Primal Fear. Race functions in courtroom movies, and here the town is warmly integrated, unlike other courtroom films.
    “race is an element in most of these movies, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:50:23 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

Roger Ebert: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): My Cousin Vinny → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it 2.5 stars and called it a movie for home video.
    “It's the kind of movie home video is invented for”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:35:40 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

Suspect: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): My Cousin Vinny → Suspect. Suspect has a great jury selection scene; jury selection is a pleasure in these films.
    “had a great jury selection scene as a suspect.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:20:37 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

The Juror: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): My Cousin Vinny → The Juror. The Juror, with Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin, did not work.
    “Does it upset you that the juror didn't work as a movie with Demi Moore?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:20:48 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

The Paper: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): My Cousin Vinny → The Paper. The Paper is another good Marisa Tomei double feature.
    “Yeah, the paper is a good one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:18:48 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

The Sopranos: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → The Sopranos. Italians out of their element, as with Vito in New Hampshire and Tony on a college visit.
    “This is like the all time Italians out of their element.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:07:03 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Bill and Stan's film-school movie of the experience would be Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the legal system.
    “It's basically Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the legal system.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:19:29 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Three's Company: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → Three's Company. Built on the misunderstanding-sitcom gags of that era; Friends was the last to dive into it.
    “it's still the legacy of that 3s company era of misunderstandings that could be entire episode.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:08:02 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Will Smith: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Will Smith → My Cousin Vinny. Will Smith auditioned for Rothenstein; the cast would be a very different movie and race would change the town's dynamics.
    “We auditioned Will Smith for Rothenstein.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:51 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Joe Pesci → My Cousin Vinny. Maybe Vinny, not Goodfellas, Casino or JFK, is Pesci's shining achievement.
    “Maybe it's my cousin Vinny that is his his shining achievement”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:22:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): My Cousin Vinny → Good Will Hunting. Hates movies that end on a car driving away; Good Will Hunting is the lazy example, but Vinny's car ending works.
    “I don't love a movie that ends with a shot of anybody doing anything in a car.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:15:32 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): My Cousin Vinny → The Juror. The Juror, with Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin, did not work.
    “Does it upset you that the juror didn't work as a movie with Demi Moore?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:20:48 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (4)

  1. craft (craft): My Cousin Vinny → Alfred Hitchcock. A Dutch-angle shot of James Rebhorn is called supposed to be out of Hitchcock, offered while saying the film has no truly cinematic shot.
    “I guess like there's a shot at James Rehorn that's supposed to be out of like Hitchcock or something where it's like a Dutch angle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:51:35 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Jonathan Lynn → My Cousin Vinny. Lynn used to be a lawyer so the trial stuff is tight, which is why lawyers love it.
    “Jonathan Lynn used to be a lawyer and made sure that all the stuff was like was pretty tight.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:52:07 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): My Cousin Vinny → Suspect. Suspect has a great jury selection scene; jury selection is a pleasure in these films.
    “had a great jury selection scene as a suspect.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:20:37 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): My Cousin Vinny → A Few Good Men. Vinny is a parody and a loving endorsement of all the pleasures of courtroom movies.
    “a parody of these types of movies and a parody of the legal system”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:21:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)

industry (4)

  1. industry (post-Oscar star vehicles): Joe Pesci → My Cousin Vinny. After the Goodfellas Oscar Pesci got starring vehicles like My Cousin Vinny, something Hollywood no longer does for odd-looking leads.
    “My cousin Vinny.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 1:34:55 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Bill Belichick → My Cousin Vinny. Belichick used Mona Lisa Vito to answer Deflategate PSI questions.
    “I don't claim to be the Mona Lisa Vito of inflation.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:44:03 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Fran Drescher → My Cousin Vinny. Easy to rip off Tomei because ethnic comic performers with timing and sex appeal knew what to do with such a part.
    “there's a whole world of so-called ethnics out there who have great comic timing are really sexy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:48:38 · Wesley Morris (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): My Cousin Vinny → Cruel Intentions 2. A Vinny sequel was talked about but never made; it would have been like a Cruel Intentions 2.
    “it would have been like the cruel intentions 2 sequel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:08:57 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (5)

  1. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → Hoosiers. Courtroom movies are sports movies, and this one becomes Hoosiers in the last 30 minutes.
    “it becomes basically Hoosiers in the last 30 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:04:48 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → Preston Sturges. Screwball in conception but not in execution.
    “it's almost like Preston Sturgis, where it's just like, it's kind of screwball and its conception.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:07:49 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → Three's Company. Built on the misunderstanding-sitcom gags of that era; Friends was the last to dive into it.
    “it's still the legacy of that 3s company era of misunderstandings that could be entire episode.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:08:02 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): My Cousin Vinny → I'm No Angel. Early legal comedy: Mae West cross-examines her own maid.
    “I think at some point she cross-examines her own maid”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:25:34 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Legally Blonde → My Cousin Vinny. Legally Blonde comes after Vinny and plays with the genre's moments.
    “it comes after my cousin Vinny”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:34:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): My Cousin Vinny → Marisa Tomei. Tomei is the rare woman who gets to do something in these movies.
    “the only time, God bless Marissa Tome, that a woman gets to do anything”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:21:12 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Fred Gwynne → My Cousin Vinny. Fred Gwynn plays the small-town judge, Herman Munster.
    “Herman Munster is so good”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:22:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

programming (4)

  1. programming (programming): My Cousin Vinny → Goodfellas. Best double feature: Goodfellas then Vinny, though Vinny is too close in length.
    “I was going to say Goodfellas to this is pretty great.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:18:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): My Cousin Vinny → Easy Money. Pesci-related double feature with the Rodney Dangerfield movie Easy Money.
    “The other one I was thinking was that movie he made with Rodney Dangerfield.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:18:28 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): My Cousin Vinny → The Paper. The Paper is another good Marisa Tomei double feature.
    “Yeah, the paper is a good one.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:18:48 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): My Cousin Vinny → A Time to Kill. Part of Courtroom Month; they also talked about jury selection in A Time to Kill.
    “We talked on a time to go about how much we like jury selection.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:20:33 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (7)

  1. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Green Book. Italians-versus-the-South culture clash; Green Book is the only comparable one anyone can think of.
    “I mean, green book's the only thing I can think of.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:06:23 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → The Sopranos. Italians out of their element, as with Vito in New Hampshire and Tony on a college visit.
    “This is like the all time Italians out of their element.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:07:03 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → 21 Bridges. Time as a movie's best friend: Vinny aged into rewatchable, as 21 Bridges and Triple Frontier may be doing now.
    “Oh, this is how I'm feeling about 21 bridges.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:11:08 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Groundhog Day. The whole town seems to attend the trial each day.
    “Groundhog Day is a thing that came out for me watching this too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:50:19 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Primal Fear. Race functions in courtroom movies, and here the town is warmly integrated, unlike other courtroom films.
    “race is an element in most of these movies, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:50:23 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Bill and Stan's film-school movie of the experience would be Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the legal system.
    “It's basically Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the legal system.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:19:29 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → Legally Blonde. Legally Blonde is another legal comedy with a rookie winning a case, and the trial scenes are very funny.
    “I think legally blonde is one of the funniest movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:24:18 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): David Mamet → My Cousin Vinny. Mamet told the director it is the best American comedy ever written.
    “David Mammoth told the director that it's the best American comedy ever written.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:10:02 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): My Cousin Vinny → Francis Ford Coppola. Macchio recalls Coppola saying time is what makes a great movie; Vinny is one of those that aged into it.
    “we concurred that what defines a great movie is time.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:10:28 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): My Cousin Vinny → Roger Ebert. Ebert gave it 2.5 stars and called it a movie for home video.
    “It's the kind of movie home video is invented for”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:35:40 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Andrew Dice Clay → My Cousin Vinny. Studio wanted Dice for Vinny but an executive removed him after he said something horrible to her.
    “The studio originally wanted for Vinny, Andrew Dice Clay.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:01:52 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Jim Belushi → My Cousin Vinny. Belushi said he regretted turning down the title role.
    “Jim Belushi said that he regretted turning down the title role in this film.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:32 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Lorraine Bracco → My Cousin Vinny. Bracco and Geena Davis were approached for Mona Lisa and passed.
    “They, uh, they approached Lorraine Bracco and Carol Davis from Elisa they passed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:41 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Will Smith → My Cousin Vinny. Will Smith auditioned for Rothenstein; the cast would be a very different movie and race would change the town's dynamics.
    “We auditioned Will Smith for Rothenstein.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:51 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Mamet told the director it's the best American comedy ever written.
    “David Mammoth told the director that it's the best American comedy ever written.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:10:02 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Simmons had never seen the whole movie; he always caught the last half hour with the measuring tape scene.
    “I don't think I've seen this movie in its entirety.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:11:26 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Film's famous breakdown: the real difference between Jack Palance and the frozen envelope conspiracies in Tomei's Oscar win.
    “I believe the David Stern thing, the frozen envelope way more than the Jack Palance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:17:18 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Grits are the cultural unifying factor: Vinny realizes Italians eat polenta, and the breakfast scene sets up the cross-exam.
    “Somebody realized that the grits are the unif- the cultural unifying factor here.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:39:06 · Wesley Morris (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Best quote: there's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about.
    “there's nothing to worry about until there's something to worry about.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:58:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Scorching hot take: the movie is why people think they can defend themselves in court and has done more harm than good.
    “this movie's actually done more harm than good.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:59:42 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Dice Clay was removed from the list after saying something horrible to a studio VP dating his manager.
    “can we take him off the list?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:02:20 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Dress code, no sleep, murder case: Tomei's biological clock rant as the quote of the movie.
    “Is there any more shit we could pile on to the top of the outcome of this case?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:05:22 · Wesley Morris (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Screenwriter got the idea from a lawyer who passed the bar on the 13th attempt.
    “after hearing about a lawyer who finally passed the bar after the 13th attempt.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:07:15 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: The chessboard knocked over in Vinny's name speech was an accident kept in the movie.
    “he knocks over the chessboard, that was an accident”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:07:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Apex Mountain: tire tracks is the movie's peak for mechanical intelligence, and the grits scene for grits.
    “Grits 100%.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:10:21 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Simmons would rather the film ends on the car than get a wedding; Wesley dislikes car endings in general.
    “I don't love a movie that ends with a shot of anybody doing anything in a car.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:15:32 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Hosts keep Tomei's Oscar and argue the courtroom scene earned it.
    “So we're letting her keep the Oscar for this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:22:51 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Closing joke: Chris's replies will be full of Fran Drescher.
    “a lot of us out there.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 1:27:10 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: Chevy did not make a 327 in '55: the best witness-explains-the-evidence scene.
    “has the best witness explaining the evidence scene that you've ever seen”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:21:12 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
  16. fun, about My Cousin Vinny: The two utes line is a family refrain.
    “the 2 Utes line being like a common refrain in my household”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:22:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

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