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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
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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