‘My Cousin Vinny’ at 30: An Unlikely Oscar Winner - The New York Times

Much like Vinny in the South, the film was a fish out of water at the Academy Awards. But the comedy endures, thanks to a generous Joe Pesci and a fiery Marisa Tomei.

It didnt help that these publications frequently took the opportunity to brand Tomei as somehow undeserving. EW explained the persistence of the rumor by noting that she seems to have made a few enem… [+1702 chars]

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