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efilmcritic.com - : Martin is Vincent ''Vinny'' Antonelli, a hood who's been relocated (and renamed Todd Wilkinson) to the California town of Fryburg as part of the Witness Protection Program. Vinny's set to testify in a couple of major mob trials and needs to hide out for a while. He's being watched over by Agent Barney Coopersmith (Rick Moranis, playing the straight man). Vinny's smooth. He spins lies effortlessly, especially when he's nabbed by the local D.A., Hannah Stubbs (Joan Cusack, completely buttoned-up). Barney is the very definition of not smooth: so straight that not only will he not take a $100 tip from his new charge (''you don't tip FBI men!''), but he also stands up during the playing of the National Anthem. On the television. At the end of the broadcast day. With no one else in the room. His wife - a therapist - leaves him for one of her younger patients. He's the mayor of Squaresville. Hannah, in comparison, is divorced and wears suits with big ol' shoulder pads. She dotes on her kids, but can't stand up to her ex-husband (Daniel Stern in a brief appearance), who has a tendency to just waltz right in to his ex-wife's house. more...
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