comedy about two guy ( ralph macchio and mitchell whitfield ) travel cross country from ny to ca . while in alabama they be ( unjustly ) accuse of murder and need a lawyer fast . macchios cousin vinny ( joe pesci ) arrive from ny with his girlfriend ( marisa tomei ) to defend them . the problem be that he have only six week of law school training and the judge ( fred gwynne ) hat him . huge comedy hit which make pesci even more popular than he already be ( he have just win the oscar for goodfellas ) and give tomei a best supporting actress oscar . the setup be familiar and it way too long and not all the joke work and some of the character be unlikable ( whitfield get annoy quick and gwynne be too mean ) but and all in all and this be a fun movie . the part that do work be hysterical the verbal match between pesci and gwynne and austin pendleton open speech in court ( you can see pesci and macchio and whitfield break up in the background ) and just about anything tomei say . act macchio and whitfield sort of fade into the background they aren not give much to do . pesci be be just great a vinny loud and obnoxious and swear nonstop and very funny . tomei match him word for word . a lot of people seem to think that tomei doesn not deserve the oscar she win but comedy be much hard to do than drama and she take a stock character be make her realistic and sympathetic and very funny . her testimony in court at the end probably win her the award . gwynne be terrific ( if a bit too stern ) a the judge . this be a last film and it great to see he go out on a high note . so and i recommend it . the only debit be it over length and the nonstop profanity may offend people . i give it an 8. best line oh yeah you blend .