Released in 1997, "Trial and Error" is a comedy/romance/court room movie in the manner of 1992's "My Cousin Vinny," although not nearly as good, but it's not bad.
Jeff Daniels plays a L.A. lawyer who's getting married to a fake city biyatch and Michael Richards plays his best man. At the last minute Daniels gets a job defending some scam-artist in Nevada (Rip Torn) where Richards is forced to take Daniel's place in a classic role-reversal. Charlize Theron, Alexandra Wentworth and Jessica Steen co-star.
Daniels and Richards play well together and the scenic locations are awesome (Lone Pine & Independence, CA, about 70-minutes from the Nevada border), but this is a fairly average comedy highlighted by a great moral at the end (be real, don't be a fake) and some good-looking women. Charlize has an ultra-cute face, but her thin body never did much for me. I prefer Alexandra Wentworth, even though she plays a biyatch here; she has a great lingerie scene. Steen is pretty good too. Richards essentially plays a variation of his Kramer character.
Although I like Richards and Wentworth, I'm not that big of the fan, and the rest of the cast I can take or leave. If you're more of a fan of any of them you'll probably like this movie more than I did.
The film runs 98 minutes.
GRADE: C+
Jeff Daniels plays a L.A. lawyer who's getting married to a fake city biyatch and Michael Richards plays his best man. At the last minute Daniels gets a job defending some scam-artist in Nevada (Rip Torn) where Richards is forced to take Daniel's place in a classic role-reversal. Charlize Theron, Alexandra Wentworth and Jessica Steen co-star.
Daniels and Richards play well together and the scenic locations are awesome (Lone Pine & Independence, CA, about 70-minutes from the Nevada border), but this is a fairly average comedy highlighted by a great moral at the end (be real, don't be a fake) and some good-looking women. Charlize has an ultra-cute face, but her thin body never did much for me. I prefer Alexandra Wentworth, even though she plays a biyatch here; she has a great lingerie scene. Steen is pretty good too. Richards essentially plays a variation of his Kramer character.
Although I like Richards and Wentworth, I'm not that big of the fan, and the rest of the cast I can take or leave. If you're more of a fan of any of them you'll probably like this movie more than I did.
The film runs 98 minutes.
GRADE: C+