Lawyer Charles Tuttle is defending his wife's relative Benny Gibbs in a class action fraud suit, but when he gets to the city where court takes place, he gets drunk and the following day, when the hearings begin, his friend, actor Richard Rietti takes his place posing as Charlie. The bad thing is that Richard doesn't know anything about being a lawyer, and Charlie has to teach him as the court goes on. Summary written by Marcos Eduardo Acosta Aldrete Lawyer Charles Tuttle is defending his wife's relative Benny Gibbs in a class action fraud suit. When he arrives in the city where court takes place, he gets drunk and the following day, when the hearings begin, his friend, actor Richard Rietti, takes his place posing as Charlie. The bad thing is that Richard doesn't know anything about being a lawyer, and Charlie has to teach him as the most important case of his life goes on. Summary written by Marcos Eduardo Acosta Aldrete Lawyer Charles Tuttle is defending his future wife's relative, Benny Gibbs, in a class action fraud suit. When he arrives in the town where the trial is to take place, his friend Richard Rietti surprises him with a bachelor party. At the party, Charles gets extremely drunk and becomes ill. When the hearings are to begin the following day, his friend Richard Rietti (who is also an actor) takes Charlie's place... posing as a lawyer. The biggest problem is Richard knows nothing about the law or being a lawyer and Charlie must try to teach him everything he knows as the most important case of his life goes on without him.

release year: 1997

star(s): Charlize Theron