Loved it. Daniels and Richards give great performances.

A decent comedy that was clearly trying to cash in on the success of Micheal Richards from Seinfeld and Jeff Daniels from Dumb and Dumber. It was clearly trying to turn Michael Richards into a movie star because Seinfeld was coming to an end when this came out. Michael Richards basically plays Kramer for 98 minutes but without a live studio audience. A decent premise but it was easy to see why it didn't do well considering it had to go up against The Lost World Jurassic Park.

A lawyer gets drunk when his goofy actor friend throws him a bachelor party and the following day his buddy fills in as the attorney during an important trial. Director Jonathan Lynn is usually reliable at the helm of comedies. but here he seems confused of how to balance the uneven script.

nice little film as an incompetent barrister is asked to defend a wife murderer. good chemistry between sellers and attenborough

Trial And Error is hilarious sporadically from start to finish and makes the comedic pairing between Michael Richards and Jeff Daniels undeniably funny.

Very funny and good characters good movie once it gets going dope scenes

A zany outrageous court room comedy about Kramer from Seinfield the out there actor unintentionally becoming the professional lawyer & Jeff Daniels the Lawyer becoming the bohemian. Filled with some crazy court scenes many too far fetched & over the top but many quite funny. It's an easy watch that's just fun & you got to go with it...also Charlize Theoren has never looked more glamorous in her supporting role.

This movie was a fine comedy. I laughed - which is obviously the first sign of a decent comedy - even though the storyline was a bit ridiculous and it could've been funnier. Charlize Theron was, here, a fantastic supporting actress. The only casting downside would be Jeff Daniels. I have to admit that I was disappointed. His acting skills (shown here) were not worthy of this starring role. Or perhaps it is simply the character's fault. I can't figure that out yet.

Funny comedy duo of Straight man Jeff Daniels and goofball Michael Richards highlight this story about a swindler who must be defended by an actor pretending to be his lawyer after a bachelor party mishap. Not bad comedy with some predictable results and romantic subplot thrown in for good measure.

Okay, the movie isn't perfect in many ways, but even when it's called a carbon copy on the director's earlier attempt when it came to the premise of a movie, it still managed to entertain, even when it's been done before.

A forgottn gem. Michael Richards post Seinfeld projects should have been more like this movie.

As a law student, I thought the court scenes were hilarious (the "expert" testimony for example). Richards also gets to showcase his superhuman limberness. I believe this film might be anachronistic, because it is more in the vein of Capra's "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "It's a Wonderful Life."

So not good and I really, really love Michael Richards.

Michael Richards in full Kramer mode as an actor who subs for his passed out friend in court and ends up playing lawyer for the full trial. I would have enjoyed more scenes of Richards tripping over garbage cans.

the biggest flaw of this film is Charlize Theron not getting enough screen time

Trial and Error was actually alright in the end. The main plot was stupid and the film loses it's focus on it, but the subplots weren't half bad. Also, I enjoyed Jeff Daniels and Michael Richards performances, especially the latter because i saw a part of him stepping outside of the Seinfeld box. The general direction of the film is weak and the trial that is going on is a rather stupid one with no true resolution at the end, but the dramatic elements of the film are more enjoyable than the comedic ones overall.

The funniest movie i have seen

Very funny. Espicially since Michael Richards was in it.

I saw this in the theatre and just re-watched it, I still really like it. For the type of film it is, it's well done and quite amusing. I like all the leads, especially Charlize Theron. Bit of a hidden gem for comedy in my opinion, and same director as Clue and My Cousin Vinny.

considering all the talent this project had to offer its a shame nothing really comes together. the main issues are the mismatched pairing of Richards & Daniels which doesn't work. Richards doesn't really offer the humour he does from Seinfeld which is why this film stayed off everyones rader back on its release. Daniels has proven he is capable of comedy roles but he is unable to inject anything remotely resembling a likable character. Theron is quite good in a thankless role but allows Daniels to share some meaningful screen time with. I really wanted to like this film but it is poorly directed and the jokes miss more then they hit.