It is for this reason that I am so completely enamoured by the masterpiece that is My Cousin Vinny, a film that managed to go against the conventions of the courtroom drama by turning it into a comedy ...

The fact is that every performance in My Cousin Vinny is spot-on perfect. Fred Gwynne is most famous for playing Herman Munster, but he will also forever be the ultimate nay-saying Judge ...

his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been at a trial. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge ...