Trial and Error

1997
PG-13
1h 38m

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5.8/10

7.9K

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Jeff Daniels and Michael Richards in Trial and Error (1997)

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An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.

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Trivia
In Italy, the film was released under the title "Ancora più scemo" and in Germany, the title was "Noch dümmer". Both titles translate as "Even more Dumber". This was done to make the audience believe that the movie was a sequel to Dumb and Dumber (1994).

Quotes
Charles Tuttle: I don't pose, I don't preen, I don't put perjured testimony on the stand. I don't make a mockery of the American legal system.
Richard Rietti: Well, you got your style. I got mine.
Charles Tuttle: No, you got nothing. You've got nothing. You've got a S.A.G. card and a rent-controlled apartment in Santa Monica. That's what you've got. You're in over your head, Richard. You don't have the equipment for this.

Crazy credits
Sound technician Brian McPherson is credited as "hothead technician."

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Lost World: Jurassic Park/'Til There Was You/Trial and Error/Rough Magic (1997)

Soundtracks
Pleasin' You
Written by Anders Osborne
Performed by Anders Osborne
Courtesy of Okeh/Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

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9/10

Rietti!!!!

Richard Rietti!!! Best character name in movie history. Worth the price of admission just to watch Rietti fall and bumble...and fall...and bumble. Let us also not forget another vintage performance by the one and only Rip Torn. I would pay money to watch a Ron Popeil Infomercial if Rip Torn was prominently involved.

Jeff Daniels gets it done as the schlub lawyer who likes his chicken salad with mustard, not mayonnaise. Finally, we have Charlize Theron at her absolute apex (lookswise, not as an actress...clearly). You just knew it would lead to bigger & better things for her, and it did.

Worth checking out. RIETTI!!!!!