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  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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. 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)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. 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)
  13. 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)
  14. 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)
  15. 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)
  16. 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)
  17. 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)
  18. 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)
  19. 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)
  20. 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)
  21. 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)
  22. 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)
  23. 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)
  24. 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)
  25. 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)
  26. 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)
  27. 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)
  28. 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)
  29. 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)
  30. 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)
  31. 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)
  32. 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)
  33. 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)
  34. 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)
  35. 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)
  36. 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)
  37. 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)
  38. 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)
  39. 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)
  40. 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)
  41. 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)
  42. 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)
  43. 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)
  44. 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)
  45. 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)
  46. 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)
  47. 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)
  48. 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)
  49. 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)
  50. 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)
  51. 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)
  52. 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)