i have see my cousin vinny a thousand time and and it always do the trick . it entertain me to no end . i still laugh at the same scene i laugh at when i first saw the film over fifteen year ago . marisa tomei be flat out fantastic a mona lisa vito the wise cracking and marriage wanting and car fixing and pizza chick who accompany vinny ( joe pesci also brilliant ) to alabama in order to get his cousin ( ralph macchio ) and his friend ( mitchell whitfield ) off from murder charge when their car match the suspect car in a sac o suds homicide involve the clerk . the comedic exchange of pesci and fred gwynn ( the stuffy and southern judge ) be gut busting . tomei and pesci and on paper and would appear to be the odd coupling around and but and once you see the film and you quickly become aware that their pairing be a cast triumph . in short and everyone pull out all the stop to make this a movie you just can not get sick of no matter how many time you watch it ( i just saw it again last night ) . i and personally and would like to thank the academy for honor tomei with a best supporting actress award for her performance . if you can find a more worthy recipient that year and or any other and for that matter i would like to know who you would come up with .