Review of “Back to Brooklyn,” Sequel to “My Cousin Vinny”
Larry Kelter’s Back to Brooklyn is the sequel to My Cousin Vinny, coming 25 years after the release of the classic legal comedy that brought us the unforgettable Mona Lisa Vito and Vincent Gambini. Reading Back to Brooklyn is like stepping into a comfortable, old pair of shoes (in the best possible way). It picks up right where My Cousin Vinny leaves off, with Vinny and Lisa preparing to leave Alabama, after Vinny’s unlikely victory defending his cousin in a murder trial in the fictitious Beechum County. Upon his victorious return to New York, Vinny finds himself in a position that would make him...
