Review of My Cousin Vinny (1992) by Peter Rainer for Los Angeles Times — 29 May 2005
Given the temptations to goof it up, Pesci's performance in My Cousin Vinny is something of a triumph. As Vincent Gambini, a swaggering pint-sized New York lawyer who only recently passed the bar on his sixth try, Pesci modulates his usual psycho-nuttiness and gives it some recognizably human, even melancholy, undertones.
The movie is a very mixed bag, but it's not quite the dumb fest that the TV spots make it out to be. Pesci gives Vinny's ultimate vindication a note of bittersweet triumph.
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This review of My Cousin Vinny (1992) was written by Peter Rainer and published by Los Angeles Times on 29 May 2005.
My Cousin Vinny has generally received very positive reviews.
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