Trial and Error

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$14.6M

Lawyer Charlie Tuttle is defending his wife's relative Benny Gibbs in a class action fraud suit, but when he gets to the city where court takes place, he gets drunk and the following day, when the hearings begin, his friend, actor Richard Rjetti takes his place posing as Charlie. The bad thing is that Richard doesn't know anything about being a lawyer, and Charlie has to teach him as the court goes on.

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Genres

Comedy, Romance

Director

Jonathan Lynn

Cast

Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron

Released

30 May 1997

Runtime

1h 38m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

5.8 / 10

Votes

7,893

Rotten Tomatoes

50%

Box office

$13,602,831

Budget

$25,000,000

Edition

Base