My Cousin Vinny (1992)

There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.

★ 7.5 R 1h 59m Comedy Drama

Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!