Trial and Error (1997)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 17
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Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3
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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
May 30, 1997 Wide
Nov 16, 1999
New Line Home Entertainment
Cast
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Michael Richards
Richard Petti -
Jeff Daniels
Charles Tuttle -
Charlize Theron
Billie Tyler -
Alexandra Wentworth
Tiffany Whitfield -
Jennifer Coolidge
Jacqueline -
Rip Torn
Benny Gibbs -
Jessica Steen
Elizabeth Gardner -
Austin Pendleton
Judge Paul Z. Graff -
Dale Dye
Dr. German Stone -
Lawrence Pressman
Whitfield -
Max Casella
Dr. Brown
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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,
Lynn's attempt to replicate the courtroom zaniness of My Cousin Vinny is a humorless pie-in-the-face.
A hilarious comedy with delicious comic bits on lawyers, juries and experts.
Audience Reviews for Trial and Error
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- Elizabeth Gardner: Where do you come from?
- Richard Petti: Where do you want me to come from?
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