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Serving Sara (2002)

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Reviews Counted:105

Fresh:5

Rotten:100

Average Rating:3/10

Consensus: Neither funny nor very romantic, Serving Sara is a forgettable time waster.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude humor, sexual content and language

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Aug 23, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $16,881,019

Synopsis: Fetching Sara Moore (Elizabeth Hurley) thinks that she is a happily married woman until process server Joe Tyler (Matthew Perry) shows up at her Manhattan apartment to serve her with divorce... Fetching Sara Moore (Elizabeth Hurley) thinks that she is a happily married woman until process server Joe Tyler (Matthew Perry) shows up at her Manhattan apartment to serve her with divorce papers. Sara gives Joe a run for his money, fleeing to the Estee Lauder Salon (a nice touch for those who know Hurley as the company's representative) and dodging him all around New York City. Realizing that she stands to lose everything in the divorce to her Texan cattle-rancher husband (Bruce Campbell) if she is served first, Sara hires Joe to turn the tables and serve her husband first. As the two leave New York for Texas in pursuit of Gordon, they engage in luggage carousel hijinx, have a run-in with a bull, and find themselves at a Monster Truck rally, among other places. Of course, true love is always just around the corner as Sara and Joe spend more time together in pursuit of saving her millions. Vincent Pastore plays Joe's foil, Tony, who has been sabotaging Joe's work for months in order to impress the boss (Cedric "The Entertainer" Kyles) and become the company's star process server. SERVING SARA is directed by Reginald Hudlin (HOUSE PARTY, THE LADIES MAN). [More]

Starring: Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Vincent Pastore, Bruce Campbell

Starring: Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Vincent Pastore, Bruce Campbell, Cedric the Entertainer, Jerry Stiller, Amy Adams

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Screenwriter: David Ronn, Jay Scherick
Producer: Dan Halsted
Composer: Marcus Miller
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Mar 10, 2009

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All people involved in this movie should be served with papers demanding that they never collaborate on anything ever again.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
09/01/02
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

Its sole purpose appears to be to give Perry something to occupy his time during the yearly hiatus from Friends. Perhaps he should have taken a vacation instead.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
09/01/02
Steve Davis
Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle

Quick-paced though it may be, Sara just doesn’t serve it up fast enough.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
08/31/02
Boston Phoenix

The dialogue is witless, the situations are lame, the humor juvenile and the chemistry between the stars nonexistent.

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08/29/02
Jean Oppenheimer
Jean Oppenheimer
New Times

The plot fluctuations unfold as predictably as any other cross-country buddy-buddy flick you care to mention.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
08/29/02
John Patterson
John Patterson
L.A. Weekly

It's a glorified sitcom, and a long, unfunny one at that.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
08/29/02
Philip Booth
Philip Booth
Orlando Weekly

The movie itself is a cattle ranch full of joke droppings and mooing shtick not worth stepping in.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
08/29/02
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
08/28/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A broadly played, lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
08/28/02
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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Perry’s biting and bitter sarcasm helps fill the gaping holes left in the script by the studio weasels that digested it.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
08/27/02
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

With Vicodin-sharp timing, Perry wavers from glib to glazed, seeming to openly rue his miscasting as palookaville process server Joe Tyler.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
08/27/02
Laura Sinagra
Laura Sinagra
Village Voice

There are many definitions of 'time waster' but this movie must surely be one of them.

Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
08/27/02
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

As a romantic couple, Perry and Hurley have all the chemistry of roadkill and a bran muffin.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
08/26/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

This mind-numbing comic void never generates enough electricity to brown an English muffin.

Full Review Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) | comment Comment
08/26/02
Jonathan R. Perry
Jonathan R. Perry
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

The plot is as exciting as a dead horse.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
08/26/02
Nigam Nuggehalli
Nigam Nuggehalli
culturevulture.net

The film is a disaster all around.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/26/02
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

A movie without a redeeming feature: a black hole where laughter goes to die.

Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
08/26/02
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
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If you're looking for comedy to be served up, better look elsewhere.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
08/25/02
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Serving Sara should be subpoenaed for promoting itself as a film with laughs in it.

Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
08/25/02
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com

...excruciatingly numb and mindless romantic comedy. There's nothing here that the main leads or supporting players can do to serve Sara her just desserts.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
08/25/02
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye
 
 
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