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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 85%, Metacritic 68/100. Scores higher than 91% of the 1,486 1990s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic68/100
1,975 audience votes
Key crew
- Jonathan LynnDirector
- Dale LaunerScreenplay
- Randy EdelmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ralph MacchioBill Gambini
- Joe PesciVinny Gambini
- Marisa TomeiMona Lisa Vito
- Mitchell WhitfieldStan Rothenstein
- Fred GwynneJudge Chamberlain Haller
- Lane SmithJim Trotter III
- Austin PendletonJohn Gibbons
- Bruce McGillSheriff Farley
- Maury ChaykinSam Tipton
- Paulene MyersConstance Riley
- Raynor ScheineErnie Crane
- James RebhornGeorge Wilbur
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