I'd understand if he were wealthy
ok, so you would understand women that's with a man just for the money?
Happens all the time no?

I'd understand if he were wealthy
ok, so you would understand women that's with a man just for the money?

lol I was attracted to him, and I wasn't even thinking about looks. More like the charm and charisma and confidence! give me that any day Most of the guys I'm attracted to are not "conventionally" attractive though.

So unrealistic, it was already established he was no wealthy fella, so it's a ridiculous that someone THAT good looking as Lisa would be stuck on Vinny.
This is the comment, a typical comment on IMDB, of a maroon. In real life, many attractive men or women are attracted to people others might find undesirable.
Seems to me that only shallow people wouldn't know that.

Women do not look for the same things in men that gay men do.

You need to grow up.

Vinny even though he had no trial experience was indeed a lawyer. That would be a tremendous social boost to Lisa's social status, and seeing how her and him both came from working-class origins they would have had a good deal in common.
Lisa's attractiveness and working-class accent would though normally serve to work against her. She would be exactly the type of woman an upper-class cad would seek out to use and then dump.
She probably felt safe and elevated being with Vinny, probably from her working-class family's perspective, her being with and then marrying a lawyer would be a real feather in her cap.
Vinny being from the working-class would make for better relations with her family, when you marry a person you do in a sense marry their family.
This movie does an excellent job of portraying characters who took advantage of opportunities while also remaining down-to-earth. Vinny, Lisa, Judge Haller, are excellent examples of people who have advanced themselves in various ways, while also not forgetting where they came from.

Appearances aside, they were extremely compatible and worked well as a couple. Same wit, humour, personalities and interests. If they also had a fulfilling sex life I can't see why they wouldn't be together.
Maybe Lisa's hotness prevented other more conventionally attractive guys from hitting on her and she liked the fact that Vinny had the balls to go after her and she found him really funny. He was also not afraid of a fight and obviously quite capable of handling himself despite his average height.
He took out TJ with one single punch (albeit a bit of a sucker punch lol). Maybe when they were out on their first date some guy made a comment about him or Lisa and Vinny put him in his place with a wise-crack remark and then when challenged he beat the sh!t out of the guy just for good measure.
Lisa and Vinny both come from a background were honouring your man and lady and important, so his charm and protectiveness of her would most likely score very highly with her and her family. Vinny was working at her father's garage at some point during law school, so perhaps they met there or even grew up together.
I know in real life they 're 21 years apart, but I got the feeling that in the film Lisa was meant to be later 20s and Vinny mid 30s, so a round a 7 to 8 year difference, not something that would really be frowned upon if they started dating when she was 18-19 and he was 26-27 and he was a nice respectable Italian guy from the neighbourhood.

Marisa Tomei loves short, stocky, balding funny men!

Of all the unrealistic beep in Hollywood I think this was plausible. First of all I don't think everyone agrees Marissa Tomei was THAT gorgeous in this film.
But most importantly, guys who lack the physical traits can make it up with other things. He had balls and a great sense of humor. That goes a long way. And it was obvious they had the same background, so they already had a cultural bond to work on. For a girl like that some waspy Jude Law character would have been boring.

Just watched it again. If he was working in her dad's garage, she probably grew up around him and felt comfortable with him, and probably first saw him when he looked better.

OP, welcome to Hollywood.
BTW, have you seen James Woods new girlfriend?
Generosity, that was my first mistake

do you think that Bill( Ralph Macchio's character) would have been a better match for her than Vinny? just curious.
In real life, I would bet that Marisa Tomei and Ralph Macchio are very close in age. My guess is that they were both born in early (maybe mid) 1960's.
But, in this film, they played down Macchio's age. He was playing a college student. And, with his baby face, he could easily pass for a high school student.
Also, he seemed naive; Mona Lisa (Marisa Tomei) was more worldly (i.e., street smart).

Its actually very likely

1. He worked in her fathers garage, so there was no competition it was likely him, her and maybe her father and that was it.
2. She was clearly a tom boy and thus does not follow normal conventions.

do you think that Bill( Ralph Macchio's character) would have been a better match for her than Vinny? just curious.

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Agreed, 100%
I've met some incredibly, unrealistically/too handsome for words (physically) men that were just a major snoozefest. Couldn't carry on a conversation to save their lives (strikes me as relying on their looks to get by)
As insanely, ridiculously hot as they were - I found them unattractive quickly because they had 0 personality.
Besides, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

In all Honestly, Charisma trumps pure looks 9/10 times.
Vinny worked with her for years. Even if she dismissed him at first purely on looks, give a guy with his charisma enough time to work on her, and
Excellent point. Vinny did indeed have charisma.

people need to stop assuming a girl would be with a guy only cos he has money
Yeah, where do people get that assumption from? MAYBE FROM SEEING ALL THE RICH GUYS WITH HOT WOMEN WITH THEM.

people need to stop assuming a girl would be with a guy only cos he has money. and why would a guy be with a less than average looking girl? whats the excuse there? it DOES happen, yet no one assumes SHE must be rich. just so cliche and old school to think that way

In all Honestly, Charisma trumps pure looks 9/10 times.
Vinny worked with her for years. Even if she dismissed him at first purely on looks, give a guy with his charisma enough time to work on her, and
As pointed out, by the time of the movie, they've been together 10 years, and as others have mentioned, the chemistry is what makes them a couple.
For me, the leaky tap scene sums everything up. He argues because that's his nature, she argues with him as he is challenging her, and they both get off on it.

One thing to remember is that you get the sense Vinny and Lisa have been together for a long time. I always assumed at least a decade.
There is that scene where they are at that cabin; Vinny is reading and studying for his court case, while Mona Lisa is pacing back and forth on the porch. This is the scene where she stomps her foot and complains about her biological clock.
In that scene, I believe she says to Vinny something along the lines of: "We agreed that we will get married when you win your fist case. Well, I have been waiting ten long years now."
Doesn't she say something like that?

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