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Trial and Error (1997)

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50

Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3

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29

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Average Rating: 2.7/5
User Ratings: 2,944

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Movie Info

This comedy features TV's Seinfeld regular Michael Richards in his first starring role, opposite Jeff Daniels. Daniels plays Charlie Tuttle, an up-and-coming attorney engaged to Tiffany Whitfield (Alexandra Wentworth), the daughter of the law firm's boss (Lawrence Pressman). His boss sends him to a small Nevada town to represent a down-and-out relative, Benny Gibbs (Rip Torn). Benny has been charged with fraud for bilking people in a mail-order scam. At a bachelor party that Charlie's future

PG-13,

Comedy

Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein

Nov 16, 1999

New Line Home Entertainment

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All Critics (45) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (17) | DVD (4)

Something is surely amiss when the trial antics are the least interesting aspect of a courtroom comedy,

October 14, 2005 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
TheMovieReport.com

Lynn's attempt to replicate the courtroom zaniness of My Cousin Vinny is a humorless pie-in-the-face.

July 10, 2003
eFilmCritic.com

A hilarious comedy with delicious comic bits on lawyers, juries and experts.

August 30, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice
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Audience Reviews for Trial and Error

Director Jonathan Lynn makes another courtroom delight, following the success of My Cousin Vinny. Michael Richards delivers the expected Dramer-esque slapstick he became famous for on TV's Seinfeld, but then allows his character a more serious and rational side.
July 4, 2007
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Dean McKenna

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Very funny. Espicially since Michael Richards was in it.
May 22, 2009
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Cassie Hill

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    1. Elizabeth Gardner: Where do you come from?
    2. Richard Petti: Where do you want me to come from?
    – Submitted by Ramón A (3 months ago)

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