This competition began with legal books, television, music, and movies. Apparently, you all just enjoy the movies.
Because we’ve reached the final round of our annual March Madness bracket and two movies square off to decide the title of greatest work of legal fiction of all time.
Let’s recap their journeys to this point. A Few Good Men trounced Al Pacino tour de ridiculous The Devil’s Advocate in the first round, before besting Amistad — one of the uncomfortably many “serious lawyer movie starring Matthew McConaughey” entries in the field. These few good men then beat 12 angry ones to earn a showdown with Philadelphia in the regional finals. After a decisive victory over The Paper Chase, we find our movie region winner here.
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My Cousin Vinny, on the other hand, started in our hodgepodge bracket of movies, TV, books, and songs and managed to come out on top anyway, winning a number of matchups with recurring themes. Defeating Mama’s Family’s Vicki Lawrence in round one with her rendition of The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia in a showdown between two works about crooked Southern justice. From there, Vinny downed Broadway musical Chicago before taking out curious juggernaut Law & Order: SVU. Then it was back to crooked Southern justice, taking out To Kill A Mockingbird — a feat no one would have imagined a few years ago — before yet another Dick Wolf battle, canceling the original Law & Order’s run.
And now there are two. You have until Thursday, April 5 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern to vote.
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