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Young Frankenstein [Blu-ray]If you were to argue that Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein ranks among the top-ten funniest movies of all time, nobody could reasonably dispute the claim. Spoofing classic horror in the way that Brooks’s previous film Blazing Saddles sent up classic Westerns, the movie is both a loving tribute and a raucous, irreverent parody of Universal’s classic horror films Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Filming in glorious black and white, Brooks re-created the Frankenstein laboratory using the same equipment from the original Frankenstein (courtesy of designer Kenneth Strickfaden), and this loving attention to physical and stylistic detail creates a solid foundation for nonstop comedy. The story, of course, involves Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) and his effort to resume experiments in re-animation pioneered by his late father. (He’s got some help, since dad left behind a book titled How I Did It.) Assisting him is the hapless hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the buxom but none-too-bright maiden Inga (Teri Garr), and when Frankenstein succeeds in creating his monster (Peter Boyle), the stage is set for an outrageous revision of the Frankenstein legend. With comedy highlights too numerous to mention, Brooks guides his brilliant cast (also including Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman in a classic cameo role) through scene after scene of inspired hilarity. Indeed, Young Frankenstein is a charmed film, nothing less than a comedy classic, representing the finest work from everyone involved. Not one joke has lost its payoff, and none of the countless gags have lost their zany appeal. From a career that includes some of the best comedies ever made, this is the film for which Mel Brooks will be most fondly remembered. Befitting a classic, the Special Edition DVD includes audio commentary by Mel Brooks, a “making of” documentary, interviews with the cast, hilarious bloopers and outtakes, and the original theatrical trailers. No video library should be without a copy of Young Frankenstein. And just remember–that’s Fronkensteen. –Jeff Shannon
Young Frankenstein [Blu-ray]If you were to argue that Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein ranks among the top-ten funniest movies of all time, nobody could reasonably dispute the claim. Spoofing classic horror in the way that Brooks’s previous film Blazing Saddles sent up classic Westerns, the movie is both a loving tribute and a raucous, irreverent parody of Universal’s classic horror films Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Filming in glorious black and white, Brooks re-created the Frankenstein laboratory using the same equipment from the original Frankenstein (courtesy of designer Kenneth Strickfaden), and this loving attention to physical and stylistic detail creates a solid foundation for nonstop comedy. The story, of course, involves Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) and his effort to resume experiments in re-animation pioneered by his late father. (He’s got some help, since dad left behind a book titled How I Did It.) Assisting him is the hapless hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the buxom but none-too-bright maiden Inga (Teri Garr), and when Frankenstein succeeds in creating his monster (Peter Boyle), the stage is set for an outrageous revision of the Frankenstein legend. With comedy highlights too numerous to mention, Brooks guides his brilliant cast (also including Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, and Gene Hackman in a classic cameo role) through scene after scene of inspired hilarity. Indeed, Young Frankenstein is a charmed film, nothing less than a comedy classic, representing the finest work from everyone involved. Not one joke has lost its payoff, and none of the countless gags have lost their zany appeal. From a career that includes some of the best comedies ever made, this is the film for which Mel Brooks will be most fondly remembered. Befitting a classic, the Special Edition DVD includes audio commentary by Mel Brooks, a “making of” documentary, interviews with the cast, hilarious bloopers and outtakes, and the original theatrical trailers. No video library should be without a copy of Young Frankenstein. And just remember–that’s Fronkensteen. –Jeff ShannonMel Brooks’ monstrously crazy tribute to Mary Shelley’s classic pokes hilarious fun at just about every Frankenstein movie ever made. Summoned by a will to his late grandfather’s castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) soon discovers the scientist’s step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. Assisted by the hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the curvaceous Ings (Teri Garr), he creates a monster (Peter Boyle) who only wants to be loved.
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Blu Ray edition a major disappointment by Alric Knebel 
Though the film itself is a 5-star comedy masterpiece, I’m going to have to give this Blu Ray edition only two stars. The problem is the level of graininess. I’m well aware of that grain is a feature of the medium itself. I’m also aware that a Blu Ray player will reveal more of this grain on our home theaters than what we’re used to. But natural grain is not what I’m talking about here. On this disc, some error in the transfer exaggerated the grain to the point it became something akin to interference.
This is not a minor complaint. It means that the details of the original image have been lost behind all the stippled haze. As a consequence, this Blu Ray edition renders your home theater useless, as the end result of all of this conspicuous graininess is a loss of a true picture. Sharpness and depth are replaced with clusters of dots. For instance, as fans of this movie who saw it in theaters might recall, there are a few scenes in which the cinematography abruptly changes from the smooth B&W to a grainier cobble, instances in which the camera zooms in for a close-up. The zoom wasn’t executed during the initial filming, but was instead achieved in the editing. An image was magnified by some process, and the film grain in the original picture becomes more apparent as it, too, becomes larger. But in this Blu Ray edition, the rest of the film is suffused with so much graininess, the effect of the shift in style was completely lost. In other words, the grain is now a literal interference, eclipsing the subtleties in the shades. Gone are the smooth gradations in tones between the rich contrast, the details in the shadows. The close-ups are passable, because the size of the overall image offsets the relative size of the squiggling flecks. However, scenes shot from further away were like monochrome impressions in pointillism. Black and gray particles wriggled in the lighter areas in such bold relief that it completely undermined the picture beneath it, now a mottled mess.
Now, I’m not asking for a picture IMPROVED over the original. I’m asking for an image that’s an accurate reproduction of what I saw in the theater. TV broadcasts of this movie looked better than this, and that simply shouldn’t be the case. Here’s what I think happened. The technicians transferring the film to the Blu Ray format optimized the image frame-by-frame via whatever software they use, and utilized the sharpen-image feature similar to that found in common photo software. Anyone who’s worked with this kind of program is aware that you can apply this option only so far. When overused, the edges of the images become unnaturally hard. If you apply it to, say, a grainy photograph, the grain of which in the original is barely noticeable, all of the details are enhanced to the point that the grain itself becomes a bespeckled layer. It becomes too pronounced, sitting in front of the picture instead of comprising it. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN was ruined by the overzealous application of an image-sharpening tool.
All this film really needed was a a simple 26-frames-per-second transfer for the Blu-Ray format. On an HDTV, the clarity would take care of itself. The result in this case is nowhere near the beautiful B&W image you’ll likely be expecting for the money. In comparing it with the SD DVD, the picture quality is DIFFERENT, but definitely NOT improved, and, in a way, it’s much worse. “Blu Ray” here was uses as just a gimmick to repackage the film and sell it again at a higher price. This is just simply inexcusable.
I hope this review serves to inform others on the verge of making the same mistake I made. I suppose the features will be worth it for some fans, but for me, those are always an afterthought. Addressing just the transfer itself, nothing I’ve written is an exaggeration. Take note that among the reviews here, mine seems to be the first one written by a person who’d actually seen this edition.
Resurrected in Hi-def by Count Orlok ‘22 
WARNING: This film may lead to incontinence due to hysterical laughter!
Mel Brooks’ 1974 film, Young Frankenstein is arguably the funniest film ever made. Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, who had previously collaborated on The Producers and Blazing Saddles, wrote the script together. This film is a superbly crafted parody of the Universal Frankenstein films.
The story begins with young Doctor Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced Fronkensteen) discovering that he has inherited his great-grandfather’s Transylvanian mansion. Upon his arrival Dr. Frankenstein meets Igor (pronounced Eye-Gore), an eccentric servant with a hunched back. He is also introduced to the vivacious vixen, Inga who just wants “to have a roll in ze hay.” Before long Frederick discovers the secret library of his infamous grandfather, Victor von Frankenstein and becomes totally obsessed with creating a “monster” of his own. Naturally this doesn’t go over well with the local peasantry. After the monster goes on a rampage of terror (or more accurately a rampage of hilarity), the villagers form an angry mob and set out to destroy it. But don’t worry, all’s well that ends well in the world of Mel Brooks.
The gags in the film are hilarious (I won’t ruin them for any of you yet to see the film). The satire is heightened by the brilliance of the set design, and by the black and white cinematography, which perfectly captures the look of classic horror films. The cast is terrific especially Gene Wilder as the infirm Dr. Frankenstein, Marty Feldman as the zany hunchback Igor, Teri Garr as the delightfully ditzy assistant Inga, Madeline Kahn as Dr. Frankenstein’s obnoxious and vain fiancée, Kenneth Mars as the one-armed Inspector Kemp, Cloris Leachman as the mysterious Frau Blucher whose name incites terror in the hearts of all horses, and Peter Boyle as the mumbling monster. Also look for a memorable cameo appearance by Gene Hackman.
As often as Young Frankenstein is referred to as being “the greatest comedy ever”, it’s odd that it never received any awards for its talented cast and crew. They certainly deserved them. There are few works of comedic genius out there today, for which I am grateful to Mel Brooks for giving us this loony masterpiece to watch again and again.
The DVD features some great supplemental material including cast interviews, an audio commentary with Mel Brooks reminiscing about the making of the film, production stills, trailers and TV spots, a wonderful documentary, new featurettes, a set-top game, seventeen deleted/extended scenes and an outrageously funny blooper reel (watch the documentary before the blooper reel for maximum effect).
And remember next time a reanimated corpse is on the loose that “A riot is an ugly thing… und I think it is just about time that we have one!”
A worthy occasion to plug a brilliant film. by Maine Writer
The announcement that Young Frankenstein would be released in Blu-Ray triggered mixed feelings. On the one hand, this is a movie that should be widely available in every format. It’s that good. On the other hand, the release of high definition films has spawned yet another generation of empty-headers obsessed with picture quality and “awesome sound,” who couldn’t tell a good movie from a used diaper. And so, the Internet is littered with glowing “reviews” about the spectacular cleanliness of the images on garbage releases like Jumper, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Signs, The 6th Day, Ice Age, and The Rock. It distorts the entire rating system on Amazon by giving four or five stars to trashy movies that happen to look shiny and clean, without “artifacts” — or, it turns out, merit. These same reviewers give high marks to some great films on Blu-Ray, but for all the wrong reasons — yet another distortion of the ratings system. (Of course, one could treat movie releases as mere “products,” and spend time commenting on how well the hinges work, or how well the packaging is made, or how true the “blacks” happen to be. But, why dumb down our culture any further with such dedication to fluff and superficialities? Sure, the studios who are making a mint off of Blu-Ray transfers of lousy films want you to care about such things, but I’ll take a VHS of Young Frankenstein on a black and white Philco over a “glorious” version of Con Air. So would every other thinking person.)
And so, to get to the point, this is Mel Brooks’ shining moment, a film that is a brilliantly funny homage to the classic horror films of the thirties. Some might complain about the corn content, but it works, and the performances by a stellar cast — topped by Gene Wilder — are phenomenal. For more, I defer to Count Orlok ’22’s spot on review above. If you don’t own this film, buy it. In any format.
This is the Edition we’ve been waiting for! by Mark J. Dye
This baby comes with ALL of the older special features that came with the laserdisc and DVD versions as well as several brand new 1080i documentaries that bring us up to date. An isolated score track, a commentary track as well as the original soundtrack and a new hopped-up DTS Master HD track. The picture and the sound are PERFECT! This is as good as this baby will ever look. Buy with confidence! Yes, I did make a yummy sound!
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Knocked Up (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Unwanted pregnancy might sound like a risky subject for slapstick comedy, but Knocked Up is from writer-director Judd Apatow–so we are in the hands of a man who likes to push things. And like Apatow’s predecessor, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up is a shaggy crowd-pleaser, a comedy strewn with vulgarity but with a sweet heart at its center. A one-night stand between the utterly mismatched Ben (Seth Rogen, his first starring role) and Alison (Katherine Heigl) results in said pregnancy, and the two people reunite for mutual support–even though they barely know each other. Ben’s a slob who lives with four other guys, all of whom share the same stunted approach to maturity; Alison is a new on-air personality at the E! channel. That these two eventually develop a shared understanding and affection is perhaps the movie’s biggest stretch (some of the male-humor jokes amongst the guys are idiotic enough to test anybody’s hope of civilizing them).
Rogen and Heigl don’t really jump off the screen, but, to be fair, the movie frequently needs them to play straight while the supporting cast cuts up. Virgin vets Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd are around to supply some humor, as Alison’s sister and brother-in-law, and the four idiots who live with Ben (Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Siegel, and Martin Starr) are in their own zone of sophomoric bad taste. Still, by 40-Year-Old Virgin standards, this movie doesn’t explode, and it sometimes feels ramshackle to the point of not being thought out. Apatow’s indulgence of actors creates some fine moments (Paul Rudd seems to have most of them), but it can also make a movie feel flabby, and this one is overlong by the length of a belly. –Robert Horton
Knocked Up (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Unwanted pregnancy might sound like a risky subject for slapstick comedy, but Knocked Up is from writer-director Judd Apatow–so we are in the hands of a man who likes to push things. And like Apatow’s predecessor, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up is a shaggy crowd-pleaser, a comedy strewn with vulgarity but with a sweet heart at its center. A one-night stand between the utterly mismatched Ben (Seth Rogen, his first starring role) and Alison (Katherine Heigl) results in said pregnancy, and the two people reunite for mutual support–even though they barely know each other. Ben’s a slob who lives with four other guys, all of whom share the same stunted approach to maturity; Alison is a new on-air personality at the E! channel. That these two eventually develop a shared understanding and affection is perhaps the movie’s biggest stretch (some of the male-humor jokes amongst the guys are idiotic enough to test anybody’s hope of civilizing them).
Rogen and Heigl don’t really jump off the screen, but, to be fair, the movie frequently needs them to play straight while the supporting cast cuts up. Virgin vets Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd are around to supply some humor, as Alison’s sister and brother-in-law, and the four idiots who live with Ben (Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Siegel, and Martin Starr) are in their own zone of sophomoric bad taste. Still, by 40-Year-Old Virgin standards, this movie doesn’t explode, and it sometimes feels ramshackle to the point of not being thought out. Apatow’s indulgence of actors creates some fine moments (Paul Rudd seems to have most of them), but it can also make a movie feel flabby, and this one is overlong by the length of a belly. –Robert Horton
The writer and director of The 40-year-old Virgin delivers another a hilarious hit comedy!
They say that opposites attract. Well, for slacker Ben (Seth Rogen) and career girl Alison (Katherine Heigl), that’s certainly the case - at least for one intoxicated evening. Two months and several pregnancy tests later, Ben and Alison go through a hysterically funny, anxious and heartwarming journey that leads to huge laughs in the most outrageous comedy of the year!
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True Apatow Gloriousness by Pat Shand
PLACE IN THE HOLY FIVE: Judd Apatow is arguably the best producer of comedy films in the biz. Despite some some recent stinkers), the man has shown than he truly knows how to make great comedy that has as much heart as it does vulgarity. In my opinion, five of his films stand out as top notch. Those five are Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Pineapple Express, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and this movie, “Knocked Up.” While “Knocked Up” is definitely the weakest of the five, it still have everything that makes those good. It’s still great, but just not as hilarious and memorable as the other members of the holy five.
THE BEST: Ben has a nice character arc with some really cool development, which really adds a nice level of emotion to the comedy. Because if there is no heart or reason why the story matters, it might as well be a Will Ferrell film. The hilarious and ever crude dialogue is consistently hilarious. There were a lot of laugh-out-loud scenes and lines, and more than enough quotable dialogue that we’ve come to expect from Apatow films. Also, Seth Rogen is–as always–fantastic. Perhaps best of all, the supporting cast we associate with these films is all here.
THE WORST: It probably could have been a bit shorter. It’s not that I was bored, because I wasn’t at all; I just think the film could have been tighter had a few scenes been cut. It just seems like a bit less work went into making this as compact a film as other Apatow productions.
MISSING THE POINT: It baffles me that two of the three most popular reviews that get the spotlight are negative… and that they totally missed the point of the movie. Their cheif complaint is that the two main characters are light years apart in sophistication and looks, but in the end, I thought that while Ben (Rogan) was certainly a slacker with a lot he had to work on, he was–at his core–a truly caring person who was able to come through and be the man he needed to be. He was certainly as good a person as Alison (Heigl). And the looks thing? Really? Let’s not be shallow, now.
OVERALL: It’s a fantastic film, even though it doesn’t quite measure up to the best work Apatow and co. have put out. However, that doesn’t make it any less watchable. Like the other members of the holy five, it’s something that needs to be in your DVD collection if you consider yourself a fan of comedy.
8/10
Knocked Up movie by S. Potter
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Gross by Tormlen
I really wanted to like this movie, but it just fell completely flat for me. The acting was good, but I didn’t find hardly any of it funny. Maybe it’s just “guy humor” that I don’t understand, or my unexplainable, intense fear of pregnancy and babies, but overall the movie was just disgusting to me.
JUDD APATOW, OPUS 2 by wdanthemanw 
*** 2007. Written and directed by Judd Apatow. Ben Stone and Alison Scott are going to have a baby. They don’t know each other very well, they don’t have the same interests and are not at all prepared to become parents. Coarse and crude, the film is presented as an example of the new American comedy. Why not, after all ? I smiled two or three times then vainly tried to find what the director wanted to tell us with KNOCKED UP and finally gave up. It wasn’t worth the time and my energy. Already forgotten.
Overdone by justanothercustomer 
This “comedy” is just like all the others out there today. For some reason a movie made flatulance, sex and drugging funny. Because it was a success in that first movie it seems every single “comedy” since has fallen into the same trap. Instead of being original and coming up with their own jokes they copy all the other movies and repeat it verbatim. The only difference is they take different actors and actresses and make it “unpredictable” by changing up where the jokes are going to go. Give it a new name and you have “A fresh and hilarious comedy sure to entertain!”
This is one of those movies. There’s no originality (in plot or jokes) and it’s annoying to watch. I hate movies that like to get cheap laughs. It’s insulting to me but obviously the producers know their audience well because it never fails to get a “falling on the floor crying” response out of 12 year olds. And why, why, WHY do people think the more vulgar a movie is and the more they swear the “cooler” and “funnier” the movie is. I’m so tired of the f-bomb getting dropped every other word. Swearing was cool when you were, say, back in middle school. When you’re out of college it just makes you sound like trailer trash and uneducated. And I hate how men think it’s OK to be vulgar towards women and women actually think it’s OK too! Hilarious.
So if you like stupid (as in really stupid) stuff that has a lot of farting, vulgarity and is unoriginal, this is the movie for you. If you’re tired of the same ol’ stupidity with a different name, then skip this one (along with 90% of all the other “comedies” out there today).
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My Cousin VinnyWhen two Italian-American boys from New York are falsely accused of murder in a small Alabama town, they call for a lawyer–but the only lawyer they know is their cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), who made six attempts before he passed his bar exam. My Cousin Vinny is a classic fish-out-of-water comedy; the flimsy plot about clearing the two boys and solving the murder is just a hook to support a lot of culture-clash humor. Thanks to the strong cast of character actors like Fred Gwynne, Austin Pendleton, and Lane Smith, it’s pretty funny–even old-hat jokes about Brooklyn versus Southern accents come to life. Pesci has played a few too many schticky characters, but this time it works. There’s just enough humanity in his caricature to make Vinny likable and entertaining. When the movie was released, there was controversy about whether Marisa Tomei, playing Vinny’s big-haired and black-leather-wearing fiancée, deserved to win the best supporting actress Oscar (she beat out Judy Davis, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, and Vanessa Redgrave); but seeing her performance on its own, it’s a comic marvel and worthy of honor. –Bret Fetzer
My Cousin VinnyWhen two Italian-American boys from New York are falsely accused of murder in a small Alabama town, they call for a lawyer–but the only lawyer they know is their cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), who made six attempts before he passed his bar exam. My Cousin Vinny is a classic fish-out-of-water comedy; the flimsy plot about clearing the two boys and solving the murder is just a hook to support a lot of culture-clash humor. Thanks to the strong cast of character actors like Fred Gwynne, Austin Pendleton, and Lane Smith, it’s pretty funny–even old-hat jokes about Brooklyn versus Southern accents come to life. Pesci has played a few too many schticky characters, but this time it works. There’s just enough humanity in his caricature to make Vinny likable and entertaining. When the movie was released, there was controversy about whether Marisa Tomei, playing Vinny’s big-haired and black-leather-wearing fiancée, deserved to win the best supporting actress Oscar (she beat out Judy Davis, Joan Plowright, Miranda Richardson, and Vanessa Redgrave); but seeing her performance on its own, it’s a comic marvel and worthy of honor. –Bret FetzerA college student and his friend are accused of murder in the depths of the South, and law school graduate cousin Vinny comes to the rescue. The trouble is, Vinny passed the bar on his sixth try and has never appeared in court before.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 4-FEB-2003
Media Type: DVD
- amazon.com Sales Rank: #3293 in DVD
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`The South’ meets `The Bronx’ meets stereotypical heaven… by Andrew Ellington
Truth be told, `My Cousin Vinny’ is funny. If we’re being completely honest though I have to mention that the laughs start to feel forced and repetitive as the film drags on. Yes, `My Cousin Vinny’ is one long stereotype that is funny for a while but then borders on the annoying.
I don’t want to rip the movie apart, because it’s not the first film to base its comedic foundation on a slew of racial and demographical stereotypes. It’s also not the worst film to abuse a code of ethics when depicting racial interaction (this is no where near as degrading as `Crash’) yet the problem lies in the fact that instead of using these stereotypes as a way to embellish character and create something relatable it uses them in an almost shameless manner at times.
It borders tacky.
But those moments are not consistent; that is to say that they are not so rampant that the whole film feels like a mistake. The film has its genuine moments and is littered with some rich performances that allow for the stereotypes to give their character flare instead of allowing them to control and bog them down.
The film follows Vinny Gambini, a hot shot lawyer (sort of) who travels from New York to Alabama to defend his cousin who has just been accused of murder. It happens that Billy (Vinny’s cousin) and his friend Stan were mistaken for two boys driving a similar car who happened to kill a convenience store employee. Not knowing what to do, and being held in a town that doesn’t understand them, they call on Vinny for representation. The problem is that Vinny barely knows what he’s doing, or at least he doesn’t think he knows, and he serves as a major culture shock for the backwards Alabama town.
The film depiction of Italian-American’s as well as southerners is very clichéd and overdone a tad, especially was the court proceedings get underway. There is a fine line between sprinkling some flavor onto a character and completely drenching him in ridiculous clichés. I was actually more put off by the films depiction of the southern folk than anything else. Being an Italian-American myself (at least half) and living in the south I found myself rolling my eyes a bit at the films lack of knowledge of its characters.
Like I said, I don’t want to rip the film apart because it is no where near as shameless as some other films out there, but it is a little extreme in some cases.
But the film has a saving grace, and that is Marisa Tomei. She allows her character to breathe a breath of fresh air on the whole picture. Her smart mouthed arm candy to Vinny is utterly priceless. She commands each and every scene and elevates her characters clichéd beginnings. She uses the stereotypes to their full and exploits them for our viewing pleasure, never allowing them to overwhelm her performance. As far as I’m concerned, that Oscar went to the right girl. Joe Pesci is also at the top of his game here. He has played this character many times before, but this time feels fresher (maybe because he’s not playing a gangster). I also enjoyed Fred Gwynne to an extent, although his character got under my skin in his forced ignorance.
In the end I can’t say that `My Cousin Vinny’ is a waste of time or a film to be avoided. It has its moments and those moments make up for the films lack of taste or imagination in other areas. Tomei is a goldmine and Pesci is hilarious here. Just don’t expect something too smart here. This is a typical comedy with a few stellar performances that work magic to elevate the clichéd material.
Who, who would try and fix me up with Marisa Tomei? by C. CRADDOCK
Two college kids are on a road trip through the South. They stop for gas at a convenience store, buy some groceries, and leave. The store is robbed, the cashier is fatally shot, and all the evidence points to them. They have no money so they turn to Billy Gambini’s (Ralph Macchio) Cousin Vinny (Joe Pesci), a lawyer.
Marisa Tomei won an Oscar for her role in My Cousin Vinny. I always liked Marisa Tomei, but I figured it must be a fluke. They don’t usually give any Oscars to comedies, especially popular ones that do well at the box office. So I was skeptical, but Marisa won me over as Mona Lisa Vito, cousin Vinny’s girlfriend.
She seemed like a parody of a New Jersey Italian girl, but her character was also very smart. She wanted Vinny to marry her, and he had promised he would as soon as he won his first case. So, she was determined to make that happen, even if she had to read the law books herself and explain them to Vinny. She did a very accurate send up of the mode of speech and dress, that skewered them, but with love.
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Mona Lisa Vito: [Vinny looks at her funny] What?
Vinny Gambini: Nothing. You stick out like a sore thumb around here.
Mona Lisa Vito: Me? What about you?
Vinny Gambini: I fit in better than you. At least I’m wearing cowboy boots.
Mona Lisa Vito: Oh yeah, you blend.
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Joe Pesci, as Cousin Vinny, was also very funny, helped by Fred Gwynne as Southern Judge Chamberlain Haller. Fred Gwynne is a very tall man, perhaps best remembered as Hermann Munster. The contrast between him and Pesci, who is a full foot shorter, was funny in and of itself. His reactions made Pesci’s antics even funnier. Vinny was trying to be a lawyer, but he had only recently passed the bar, and had never tried any case, much less a murder case. Judge Chamberlain Haller is a stickler for procedure, and this was not Vinny’s strongest suit:
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Judge Chamberlain Haller: I tell you this because I want you to know that when it comes to procedure, I’m not a patient man. I advise your, sir, that when you come into my courtroom, you are to know the letter of the law. I react harshly when you don’t.
Vinny Gambini: You should.
Judge Chamberlain Haller: Don’t think that being from New York, you’re getting a special treatment.
Vinny Gambini: I shouldn’t.
Judge Chamberlain Haller: You won’t. You’ll be given no leeway whatsoever.
[Takes a book on Alabama law from his book case]
Judge Chamberlain Haller: Now I expect you to know this information when you come into my courtroom.
[drops the book before Vinny]
Judge Chamberlain Haller: You willing to accept those terms?
Vinny Gambini: Sure. No problem.
[quickly leafs through the book]
Vinny Gambini: Just this? Ha ha.
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The Gambini’s have a knack for argument, and after a very rough start you begin to see that it was a wise choice for Billy Gambini to choose his cousing Vinny as his lawyer. As he explains to his codefendant, Stan:
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Bill: You have to see the Gambinis in action. I mean, these people, they love to argue. I mean, they live to argue.
Stan: My parents argue too, it doesn’t make them good lawyers.
Bill: Stan, I’ve seen your parents argue. Trust me, they’re amateurs.
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The verdict is in, and My Cousin Vinny is guilty of being a funny movie with great performances by Pesci, Gwynne, and Tomei. For Fred Gwynne, it was his last film role, and luckily for him he went out on a high note.
Joe Pesci
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) …. Harry Lime
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A classic ! by Neldam
Hillarious! By now, almost every line from the movie is a classic !
It’s fantastic, you’ll enjoy it; buy it !
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Thanks for being so prompt. Have not watched the movie yet, but I’m sure it’s fine.
One of my favorite comedies by Galina
“My Cousin Vinny” is a real gem, a perfect, funny, smart comedy, a very rare kind that I can watch and enjoy over and over again no matter how many times I’ve seen it and from what scene I watch it. This is one of my three all time favorite English language comedies along with “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “A Fish Called Wanda”. When I think of it, all three share the same concept - playing the differences between the cultures, mentalities, ways of living, talking, doing things, even cooking - Europeans versus Americans, particularly British and Americans or New Yorkers versus Southerners in My Cousin Vinny. They also have in common a flawless, witty script with all pieces falling into right place, all guns firing, all characters developed and interesting. As with Scoundrels and Wanda, performances in “My Cousin Vinny” are simply terrific. Joe Pesci as a lawyer with no legal experience from Brooklyn whose first case just happened to be defending two “youtz” in a first degree murder trial, and Marissa Tomei in the dresses that are so magnificently out of place in the muddy Wahzoo City, Alabama but so deliciously fit her like a glove, make one of the best screen couples ever but I like the supporting characters and small cameos, too. Everyone shines in this delightful comedy. I remember three witnesses for prosecution - grits loving Sam Tipton (Maury Chaykin), the guy with seven bushes (Raynor Scheine), and sweet Mrs. Riley who just may need a thicker pair of glasses. Austin Pendleton as a stuttering public attorney was hilarious. Fred Gwynne, sadly in his last performance as Judge Chamberlain Halle, made his every scene (each of which he shared with Pesci) the double delight. Ten years after the film was released, Film critic and historian Mick LaSalle wrote in his article, “Half of what made Joe Pesci funny in this comedy was the stream of reactions of Gwynne, as the Southern Judge, a Great Dane to Joe Pesci’s yapping terrier.” The film made me root for Vinny, wishing him victory in his first case, and he won gloriously with the help of a lovely, lovely expert in the general automobile knowledge in this lovely, lovely comedy.
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Itty Bitty Titty CommitteeItty Bitty Titty Committee, the third film from Jamie Babbit, director of the 1999 cult comedy But I’m a Cheerleader, focuses on a group of radical young feminists experiencing both political and sexual awakenings. With a riot-grrrl heavy soundtrack (there’s so much Kathleen Hannah she should be listed in the credits) and an unabashed message about the degradation of women in the media, Itty Bitty Titty Committee strives to be a very powerful and moving film. It doesn’t quite make it. Despite the somewhat lackluster plot, the cast has a great time with the material and clearly enjoy these characters. Standouts are Dirt’s Carly Pope, as the “leader” of the group complete with ’70s era Gloria Steinem glasses, and especially Melonie Diaz (Be Kind Rewind and Hamlet 2) as Anna, a young lesbian whose life is most altered by the Guerrilla Girls-style group. Overall the message is just a little too heavy-handed and the climax too silly to really make you feel inspired, but the movie does succeed as a fun and sexy coming-of-age story. –Kira Canny
Itty Bitty Titty CommitteeItty Bitty Titty Committee, the third film from Jamie Babbit, director of the 1999 cult comedy But I’m a Cheerleader, focuses on a group of radical young feminists experiencing both political and sexual awakenings. With a riot-grrrl heavy soundtrack (there’s so much Kathleen Hannah she should be listed in the credits) and an unabashed message about the degradation of women in the media, Itty Bitty Titty Committee strives to be a very powerful and moving film. It doesn’t quite make it. Despite the somewhat lackluster plot, the cast has a great time with the material and clearly enjoy these characters. Standouts are Dirt’s Carly Pope, as the “leader” of the group complete with ’70s era Gloria Steinem glasses, and especially Melonie Diaz (Be Kind Rewind and Hamlet 2) as Anna, a young lesbian whose life is most altered by the Guerrilla Girls-style group. Overall the message is just a little too heavy-handed and the climax too silly to really make you feel inspired, but the movie does succeed as a fun and sexy coming-of-age story. –Kira CannyThis latest fabulous movie from Jamie (But I m a Cheerleader) Babbit is a dynamic, romantic, frequently funny and politically astute movie with a smart script, rockin soundtrack and terrific ensemble cast that includes sexy young Melonie Diaz as the new dyke on the block who falls in with a great gang of Feminist troublemakers called Clits in Action (CiA), and then falls in love with leader of the pack, Nicole Vicius. Unfortunately, Nicole has a girlfriend Melanie Mayron and, as they say, drama ensues. With Carly Pope, Daniela Sea, Guinevere Turner, Deak Eugenikos, Jenny Shimizu and Lauren Mollica.
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Itty Bitty Titty Committee by Drum Diva
A fun film with familiar faces.
I love that the conversation at the dinner table is not around the fact that the leads is a lez, but that she’s no longer going out with her girlfriend, that mom loved; a nice change. Daniela Sea and Jenny Shimizu make apperences in this lightly political fun film. Cudos to the women in Hollywood making films for the ladies!
Awesome movie by Sonney
I thought this was a very good entertaining movie. I liked it, it had a little bit of everything in it. I definatly recommend it.
Kinda Itty Bitty by Amos Lassen
“Itty Bitty Titty Committee”
Kinda Itty Bitty
Amos Lassen
There was a great deal of talk about “Itty Bitty Titty Committee” while it made the GLBT film festival circuit so I had my hopes up for a major new film. I was a bit disappointed because it could have been so much more than it was.
Anna is just beginning to face her sexuality and with the fact that she is not satisfied with the world as it is. She is shy and just finished high school and yearns for her own strength and the right to change the world. She lives at home with her folks and works at a clinic specializing in plastic surgery. She just broke up with her girlfriend and her family accepts her sexuality. One evening she sees a woman who is attempting to reclaim public space by repainting the clinic where Anna works. Sadie, the painter, is the recruiting officer for C(i)A, a guerilla girls’ group which tries to make people see how bad plastic surgery is for women. Anna finds herself attracted to Sadie and joins the group and begins her journey of changing from meek and mousy to wild revolutionary.
Unfortunately the film is forgettable because it fails as a satire and loses its sense of political insight. The group C(i)A feels strongly about sexism in society but they express the way they feel through ranting and ridiculous pranks that, in effect, do nothing to further their cause.
Even though the film expresses female empowerment, the director of the film, Jamie Babbit, expects us to believe that Anna can abuse her friendship with the transgender character and then be with a very feminine girl who is known for the abuse that she has heaped on other women. There two points render the film invalid to me.
There are two kinds of women in the film–beautiful, feminine ones and angry women but for whatever reason, the groups do not really come together. Now I am not saying the film is not fun to watch–it is. There are lots of laughs and the themes of friendship, loyalty and betrayal ring true. The music and the acting are excellent as is the love story but the political message was just lost–at least, on me. What could have been a socially relevant film comes across lost. Much of the humor is tired and juvenile. The shock tactics are not subversive and the film falls flat for me. I am afraid I may ire some of my female readers but please understand that this is my opinion. I really wanted to like “Itty” but it just did not happen. The movie here may have been relevant years ago but today we have moved ahead so quickly and this causes, in my mind, the film to lose its effectiveness.
What a fun movie! Daniela and Carly make a sexy pair! by Linda M. Andersson
The first time, I saw this film was at the premiere in L.A. The energy in the theater and on the screen rocked. The soundtrack pulls you in to what is a radical feminist storyline, with tongue firmly planted in… cheek… of course.
Although they are not the main “couple”, the storyline focuses on, Daniela Sea and Carly Pope make a very sexy pair when they hook up on a roadtrip to a demonstration.
It’s a fun movie!
one of the best films I’ve ever seen by dharmabum
I was blown away by this movie. Most of the other reviews comment on what a great lesbian romantic comedy this is (which it is), but what stood out to me more is the politics and approaches to activism. I was very compelled by the conflict between the culture jamming activism of the CIA (Clits in Action) and the activism of the older partner of the CIA’s leader (who is, in the film, head of the National Women’s Coalition). For me, this conflict is a rather personal one… do we work within the system for change (through women’s organizations and lobbies) or do we take the advice of Audre Lord: that “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” and go outside the system as the primary characters in this film do? Is it possible to change society while still following its rules? Is perhaps a combination of both forms of activism best? This film does a great job examining these issues in the midst of humor, warmth and characters that are very compelling and real. I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy so I can watch it 30 or 40 times more (thus far I’ve only seen it once)!
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Sweet Home Alabama
Tags: southern charm lynyrd skynyrd reese maybe for paula dvd - comedia romantica gifted movies - romantic comedy fashion design love story reese witherspone good chick flick christmas ethan embry melanie lynskey chick flicks romance favorites back to roots fantasy ethan randall
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Sweet Home AlabamaA successful New York fashion designer has agreed to marry but first she returns to her old home in Alabama to sever ties with her high school sweetheart and husband, who refuses to give her a divorce.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 28-DEC-2003
Media Type: DVD
Sweet Home AlabamaA successful New York fashion designer has agreed to marry but first she returns to her old home in Alabama to sever ties with her high school sweetheart and husband, who refuses to give her a divorce.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 28-DEC-2003
Media Type: DVDAs formulaic, utterly inoffensive romantic comedies go, Sweet Home Alabama could be better, and could be worse. It’s a variant of Julia Roberts’s Something to Talk About, with all the same strengths and weaknesses, and Reese Witherspoon is definitely its saving grace. As an Alabama country girl turned hot New York fashion designer, Witherspoon finds the genuine emotions hidden under a blandly familiar plot, making her character’s romantic indecisiveness seem not only credible but disarmingly appealing. She’s just agreed to marry the Camelot-bred son (Patrick Dempsey) of New York’s no-nonsense mayor (Candice Bergen), but first she has to officially divorce the husband (Josh Lucas) she left behind years earlier… only to discover that their love is stronger than ever. The rest, of course, is a foregone conclusion, but with a sharp supporting cast and a few charming moments, Sweet Home Alabama will satisfy anyone who prefers safe, reassuring entertainment. –Jeff Shannon
- amazon.com Sales Rank: #570 in DVD
- WITHERSPOON,REESE ABIS_DVD
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A must see for those who love romantic comedies… by Mitch Clifford
I know a movie is good when I can’t stop talking about it. I’ve been talking about this movie all day to everyone. It’s just so good. And it may be a bit cliche, but there are elements and twists that keep you interested for more. It wasn’t nearly as predictable as I thought it was going to be. It’s also much funnier than I anticipated. There are so many romantic comedies that it almost seem to be the same movie with different actors, but this one is definitely worth watching. Reese Witherspoon is so cute with her accent!
sweet home alabama by Janet C. Spade
If you are a romantic at heart this is the movie for you. Great great movie.
WHERE IS MY PURCHASE - I STILL HAVEN’T RECEIVED IT! by S. Chaimson
THIS IS NOT A REVIEW - IT IS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE VENDOR OF THE PRODUCT! IT HAS BEEN OVER 30 DAYS SINCE I ORDERED THE PRODUCT, AND I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE IT - I KNOW THE MOVIE AND I LIKE IT - I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT SO THAT I CAN SEE IT AGAIN - AMAZON PEOPLE, PLEASE ASSIST ME - THANKS - STEVE CHAIMSON
Proof That The South’s Still Dead by Jeremy Hanson
When you can’t afford Matthew McC, hire Josh Lucas. America’s new sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon — night now, Sandy B. — does her best at holding this most formulaic so-called romance together. Seriously, I’d type how I REALLY feel but I just realized that I’d be wasting more time than I did WATCHING this 122 minute fiasco. If you don’t see every single angle coming, then you might as well stop seeing films. Utter trash. And I’m not certain that a single stereotype goes unwrapped. Reese, you’re better than this. But after “Legally Blonde” and this, you might have to re-prove yourself.
Ya’ll will love this movie by 1st Missouri Confederate
Put on your Confederate grays, break out the Stars & Bars, grab your Southern bell, and snuggle up on the couch to watch this movie together for some quality snogging time. This is the best romantic comedy ever written.
“What you wanna be married to me for?” You’ll have to buy the movie for the answer.
If you have a friend or relative who is a Civil War reenactor, give them this DVD as a gift.
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