The film, My Cousin Vinny, is a comedy crime film that was written by Dale Launer. My Cousin Vinny was released to the public for viewing in 1992 on March 13. The film tells the story of two boys, Billy Gambini (Ralph Macchio), and Stan Rothenstein (Mitchel Whitfield) who were on their way to attend college at UCLA. While traveling from New York to California, they made a stop at a store in a small town in Alabama. Minutes after leaving the store they were stopped by police and taken to the station for questionings. Billy assumed it was for an item that he forgot to pay for before he left the store. It turned out that the two boys were being accused of murder. They in need of a lawyer and made a telephone call to his cousin, Vinny Gambini (Joe …show more content…
The local police wanted to charge someone in connection with the crime that was committed and they did not care who it was. They did not follow procedures nor come up with any evidence that was solid enough to convict them of the crime form the start. Everything was based on circumstance.
I found it striking the way Vinny went and talked to all the witness before the trail. All of the wittiness’ was sure that see those two boys committed the crime and that was the only evidence they needed for a trail to begin. The DA did have an expert to testify about the tires but was later proven wrong. The credibility of all witness’ was extremely poor for the case.
The scene where Vinny first went and visited Billy and Stan while they were in jail showed how historical this film was. Maybe during that time period, lawyers were allowed in cells with their clients, but in today’s justice system that would never be allowed.
My Cousin Vinny showed the proper way a trail should be conducted. The courtroom proceedings are still at the base of all court proceedings that are being used today in courtrooms. The judge-maintained discipline in court, while allowing the lawyers to questions