Trial and Error

Charles Tuttle(Daniels) Gets Drunk The Night Before His Big Trial And Becomes Too Sick To Represent His Client. Richard Rietti(Richards) Who Is An Actor Must Then Pose As Charles Tuttle And Pretend To Be A Lawyer. Pretty Good Movie.... Full review

This is an interesting and hilariously funny movie! A lawyer about to get married is incapacitated after a bachelor party just prior to a court appearance on a routine case where he represents the defendant. His buddy, an unemployed actor, takes... Full review

weak plot weak storyline weak everything charlize theron was 1 of the few, and i do mean few bright spots in this effort, this is go home and try it again time kids.... Full review

I saw Monster and from then on I wanted to see all of Charlize Theron's movies, therefor, this is one of them. I am glad she is in it because it was a good movie and I never would've seen it... Full review

Yeah, I wanted to see if Kramer would carry over his success to the big screen - NOT! However, the true gem from this movie was the International Harvester Scout II driven by the woman. Scouts rule!!... Full review

Michael Richards is an extremely funny and talented actor, but he's never been able to make a great movie. Why is this? If he had a good director who would let him do his own thing, at his own pace, with... Full review

As dumb as they get the movie was a bunch of very weak jokes strung together and even though I like Jeff Daniels he ought to be shot after making such a flop this story line was cliched the acting was... Full review

Lots of A-list actors, simple story to follow with light hearted humor. Another movie showing how beautiful Charlize Theron is, fans of her will appreciate that. Michael Richards is funny as always. Jeff Daniels is very good, none of that stupid... Full review

Taped this film which was shown in the wee wee hours of the night and decided I had nothing to lose. The plot starts out with a guy who is a young lawyer recently out of Yale who is in the... Full review

Charles Tuttle (Jeff Daniels) is a mild-mannered, big-city attorney, sent to a small desert town days before his wedding to defend a cry-baby con-artist (Rip Torn). He arrives to find his high-strung best friend Richard (Michael Richards), an out-of-work-actor, brewing up... Full review

the actors' talents carry the comedy.....Austin Pendleton has the perfect demeanor for a judge--alternately exasperated, bemused and bewitched..... ... Full Review

Trial and Error is reasonably effective for what it intends to be -- a genial comedy offering a change of pace from the mayhem of The Fifth Element , The Lost World , and Con Air . Both Daniels and Theron are likable, and they really click together. ... Full Review

May 31, 1997 -- "Trial and Error" is a nice little romantic comedy for the summer about a lawyer, Charlie Tuttle (Jeff Daniels), who is forced to switch identities and take new look at his life. ... Full Article

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). ... Full Article

From Amazon : Jonathan Lynn, who directed the hit film My Cousin Vinny, again takes on another lightweight comedy about a trial in a small town featuring a fish-out-of-water defense attorney. ... Full Article

Michael Richards can usually do no wrong, but Trial and Error misfires enough to be mostly forgettable, though occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. In this very loose remake of the 1962 Peter Sellers film , we find Richards and Jeff Daniels stuck... ... Full Article