i would have believe this to have be the bad movie of all time until i read that this be suppose to be the life story of mobster rat henry hill whose mob career be feature in goodfellas . the opening premise be that gangster vincent vinnie antonelli ( steve martin ) garishly dress wife join vinnie in witness protection so that vinnie could get a house . poor vinnie doesn not even know how to use a lawn mower . while vinnie struggle with the concept of mow the lawn and steve martin flubs brooklynese and massacre the entire dialect so incomprehensibly that the average affectionado of the tongue of king ( king county that be ) couldn not fathom a word martin be try to say . someone might have tell poor steve that italian lead all others in home ownership and tenderly care for the humble plot . yet vinnie find a suburban eden a little too disquietly quiet . he team up with a few other exile mobster in reversion to their sordid game and only to be rescue from local law enforcement by the fbi . to that extent the movie give an accurate picture if not often with comical overtone and of witness protection . hill in various tv interview acknowledge have lapse despite attempt of the fbi to bail him out of new trouble by relocate him . vinnie face a formidable adversary in local prosecutor hannah stubbs ( joan cusack ) who be constantly frustrate in rid the town of vinnie . poor execution by martin of the brooklyn accent and the uncharitable view of italian and and giddy silliness about a serious problem represent federally support and fund crime wave through witness protection win a 1 rating from me . vinnie in this movie .