Apparently hoping that lightning
will strike twice, MY COUSIN VINNY director Jonathan Lynn trots out another courtroom comedy in which a country counselor and a big-city attorney lock horns to broad comic effect. The verdict: less than
hilarious the second time around. On the eve of his advantageous marriage to the boss's spoiled daughter (Alexandra Wentworth), successful attorney Charles Tuttle (Jeff Daniels) is dispatched to the desolate hick town where a distant relative (Rip Torn) stands accused of mail fraud. All he has to
do is ask for a continuance, a straightforward task that's complicated by the arrival of longtime best buddy Richard Rietti (Michael...
Released:
1997
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
98 mins