The Evolution Of Marisa Tomei

From Toxic Avenger to Lincoln Lawyer

By Josh WinningMar 18th 2011
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Slums Of Beverly Hills (1998)

It’s cult time again! Tomei’s first cult-y role in The Toxic Avenger may have gone almost completely unnoticed, but her second appearance in a cult classic has her front and centre.

She’s 29-year-old Rita, a rehab runaway who is completely clueless about what to do with her life, and who often speaks with her cousin Vivian in complete gibberish. “This coming-of-age story is first and foremost a comedy, and a hilarious one at that,” wrote the San Francisco Chronicle.

Award Worthy? The fluency in gibberish should be rewarded somehow.
 

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    • JaimeP

      Mar 18th 2011, 12:22

      Excellent movie!! Classic

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    • JaimeP

      Mar 18th 2011, 12:25

      My Cousin Vinny, that is

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    • DekeGlyph

      Mar 18th 2011, 15:22

      Honestly does anyone at Total Film actually watch movies? My Cousin Vinny "who travels to New York to help his cousins", um he goes to Alabama where his cousin and cousin's friend are convicted of murder....seriously this lack of film knowledge is horrible.

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    • joshwinning

      Mar 18th 2011, 17:41

      ^ Cheers Deke, now fixed. I blame Joe Pesci. Just 'cos.

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    • writerdave87

      Mar 20th 2011, 15:42

      Cheers for that list, don't know how I would have been able to find out what films Marisa Tomei has been in and when she starred in them otherwise... oh wait...

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    • kategilmour68

      Mar 4th 2013, 4:03

      You completely forgot Before The Devil Knows You're Dead with Philip Seymour-Hoffman, Ethan Hawke and Albert Finney (2007)

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    • Jenesyde

      May 18th 2013, 0:44

      That's definitely not her in picture 2.

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