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Trial and Error (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 11
Rotten:17
Average Rating: 4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: After burying himself under an alcoholic avalanche at his bachelor party the night before an important trial, an up-and-coming defense attorney reluctantly relinquishes his briefcase to his best... After burying himself under an alcoholic avalanche at his bachelor party the night before an important trial, an up-and-coming defense attorney reluctantly relinquishes his briefcase to his best friend, a flamboyant out-of-work actor. It's chaos in the courtroom, territory previously covered by Lynn in "My Cousin Vinny." [More]
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Michael Richards, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Michael Richards, Charlize Theron, Jessica Steen, Rip Torn, Austin Pendleton, Alexandra Wentworth, Jennifer Coolidge, Max Casella
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Screenwriter: Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein
Composer: Phil Marshall
Producer: Allen Alsobrook, Jane DeVries Cooper, Edward Lynn, Jonathan Lynn, Mary Parent, Gary Ross
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Reviews for Trial and Error
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.
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