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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousWitty
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Plot:
- Legal ActionNothing Goes RightCourtroom DramaFish Out of WaterMistaken IdentityDishonestyLegalDisorder more...
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Genres:
- Comedy
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- NevadaUSASmall TownCourtroom
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Humor:
- Comedy of Errors
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- Not SeriousRealistic
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Trial and Error, 1997
English
USA
Profile of Trial and Error
Trial and Error can be described as feel good, humorous, and witty. The plot revolves around legal action, mistaken identities, and legal issues. Its comic aspect comes from a comedy of errors. Trial and Error's main genre is comedy. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a courtroom and in a small town. Trial and Error is located in Nevada. It takes place in the 1990s.
Summary of Trial and Error
Lawyer Charlie (Jeff Daniels) is sent by his boss (Lawrence Pressman) to a small Nevada town to file a continuance request for mail-order con man Benjamin Gibbs (Rip Torn). Charlie's actor friend, Richard (Michael Richards), turns up to throw a surprise bachelor party celebrating Charlie's upcoming marriage to the boss's daughter (Alexandra Wentworth). When Charlie is too hung over to make it to court for the hearing, Richard fills in -- and must continue impersonating him for the whole trial.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 30 May 1997 |
| Runtime: | 98 min |
Cast and Crew
as Charles 'Charlie' Tuttle
as Richard 'Ricky' Rietti
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