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...technique of not hitting the mikes when they scuffle, so every few minutes the audience hears what sounds like thunder. Another downside is the sheer size of the stage and audience, which can tempt film stars, fearful of understatement, into almost operatic playing. That happened last week to Marisa Tomei, the street-corner ingenue of My Cousin Vinny, in a vaudeville-influenced staging of The Comedy of Errors. While Brazilian director Caca Rosset emphasizes the many shades of emotion within the text, Tomei, a gifted stage veteran, struck one note: screeching fury...
...murder rap. Pesci, a vacuum-packed version of all Three Stooges, struts and mugs, but gets most of his laughs with his preposterous coiffure (Mr. Pesci's hair by Anthony Sorrentino). Other good actors are strewn along the winding story line like road kill; the only exception is Marisa Tomei as Vinny's wondrously sardonic fiance. Tomei's pauses in her derision -- "Oh. Yeah. You blend." -- can melt even a critic's reserve. The rest of the proceeding is smug and labored, stretching jokes about mistaken identity and prison rape into endless tropes. So go ahead. Enjoy the rabble- truckling...
...Pesci and Marisa Tomei in a substanceless and unfunny "comedy...
Throughout, the Brooklyn brashness of Pesci and his fiance, Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) contrasts with the hokey lifestyle of the local folk. Pesci and Vito are foreigners here, as evidenced by their black clothing, ample gold jewelry, and paucity of Southern charm. But the film's humor and action become engrossing only in its final third, at the trial...
...fate of Francesco Tomei...