7.8 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.6 |
Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. Vinny's never been in court - or in Alabama - and when he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
Starring: Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred GwynneComedy | 100% |
Crime | 5% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (224 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0
French: Dolby Digital 2.0 (224 kbps)
English SDH, Spanish
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
We gonna run enough electricity through him to light up Birmingham.
The 1980s and early 1990s were one of Comedy's golden eras, and Director Jonathan Lynn's
(Clue) My Cousin Vinny ranks up there with several of the uncontested gems that
have come to define that timeframe. Just as funny, well-made, and superbly acted as Ferris Bueller's Day
Off, Stripes, or Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, My Cousin Vinny
may not be a watershed movie for the genre but it's certainly one of its more memorable, serving
up a brand of humor that's somewhat understated but far funnier than the more direct, grotesque,
and intelligence-insulting style that's come to define the genre for the past decade. With a smart
script and a wonderful collection of talent in front of the camera -- including Marisa Tomei, (The Wrestler) in her
Oscar-winning performance -- My Cousin Vinny hasn't lost a laugh since its debut some 17
years ago.
Vinny and clients eagerly await the posting of the latest Blu-ray.com review.
My Cousin Vinny makes its Blu-ray debut with a rather strong-across-the-board 1080p, 1.85:1-framed transfer. Detail is appreciably high in both foregrounds and backgrounds. Clothing, from Vinny's leather jacket to the judge's zip-up robe, look just fine. Small, medium, and large object detail, too, looks good. Everyday items such as chairs, a picnic table, or the benches and other wooden adornments found in the courtroom take on a fairly realistic and pleasant appearance. Though not eye-popping in intensity, colors impress throughout and appear lifelike and neither overly bright nor terribly faded. Several of the courtroom scenes do look a bit hazy. The transfer sports a moderately heavy layer of grain but it does lend to the image a fine film-like appearance. Flesh tones are stable and remain a rather neutral appearance without veering too heavily away from a shade of red. Likewise, blacks never seem overly problematic. My Cousin Vinny makes for yet another in the ever-growing list of quality 1080p catalogue transfers from Fox.
My Cousin Vinny testifies on Blu-ray via a DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack. Music as heard at the beginning of the film positively blares, but dialogue in subsequent sequences sounds a bit small in comparison. Things even out nicely afterwards, however. Music continues to play at a rather high volume but offers a fine deal of clarity across the front, with a nice helping of rear channel support throughout the entirety of the two-hour experience. Sound effects, particularly those that flesh out the running gag of the offending noises that wake up Vinny and Mona Lisa all through the night, sound just fine and appropriately lifelike, from the factory whistle to the rumbling train that seems to steam through the entire soundstage with a hefty amount of bass. At its core, however, My Cousin Vinny is a dialogue-driven Comedy, and save for the few moments as noted above, it never sounds muffled or otherwise unintelligible. Still, the disc does a fine job of sprucing things up with both the music and effects, making this a track that's not particularly noteworthy but certainly up to the challenge and more than satisfactory for the film it accompanies.
Unfortunately, My Cousin Vinny takes the stand with only a commentary track and a few advertisements for the film. The commentary features Director Jonathan Lynn speaking rather dryly on a plethora of subjects, including how he was offered the job, the film's look and the shooting techniques, its cast, shooting locations, Marisa Tomei's Oscar, and more, mentioning and defining several filmmaking techniques along the way. The disc also features a pair of My Cousin Vinny theatrical trailers (480p, 1:55 & 1:24) and two 480p TV spots: "Up to His Ears" (0:32) and "Lover" (0:32).
Though a bit far-fetched and hard-to-swallow if taken even remotely seriously, My Cousin Vinny works wonders as a take-it-for-what-it-is, sit-back-and-relax experience meant to tickle the funny bone and allow viewers to leave their troubles at the door and escape into a two-hour topsy-turvy big-city-meets-small-country tale of justice, love, and laughs. Though a Comedy first and foremost, My Cousin Vinny also enthralls at several points throughout during its heated courtroom scenes, even if said scenes are dotted by the film's trademark humor that serves up gut-busting laughs through the minutiae of the overreaching absurdity of the situation. With a cast that, to a man, immerses themselves in the world and the characters they portray, My Cousin Vinny is one of the better Comedies to come from the genre's last great era. 20th Century Fox's Blu-ray release of My Cousin Vinny delivers a quality 1080p transfer and a fine lossless soundtrack, but the disappointing lack of extras might turn off some potential buyers. Nevertheless, this disc comes recommended based on the strength of the film and the sound audio/video presentation.
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2010
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2011
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