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Serving Sara

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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.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

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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This movie has many of the usual elements a romantic comedy has.

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Excruciating.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Urban Cinefile

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Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
03/10/07
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News

Romantic comedy ought to have some romance and laughs, but this extraordinarily flat effort has neither.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/03/07
Hank Sartin
Hank Sartin
Chicago Reader

Crass and joyless.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
01/03/07
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press

Filled with artificial sweetener, and ultimately not satisfying enough.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
09/30/05
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

Any effort anyone puts forth is obviously for naught when the movie's supposedly showstopping set piece has Perry stick his arm up a bull's anus to tickle his prostate.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/07/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Hurley in particular is astoundingly awful.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
02/01/04
Susan Michals
Susan Michals
FilmStew.com

If he so chooses, David Schwimmer could make a movie co-starring Gallagher and Yakov Smirnoff. It would have to be better.

Full Review Source: State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) | comment Comment
06/27/03
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers
State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

One clever concept, several witty comedians, and many commonplace scenarios means Serving Sara will be served more at Blockbuster than at the multiplexes.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Tyler Hanley
Tyler Hanley
Palo Alto Weekly

...Designed to appeal to moviegoers whose goal is to sit in an air-conditioned theater for 1½ hours with their brains on 'pause.'

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Here's a stretch: Elizabeth Hurley is a sexy English girl and Matthew Perry is Chandler in this senseless, surprisingly unfunny comedy.

Full Review Source: Radio Free Entertainment | comment Comment
01/13/03
Andrew Manning
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment

There's still something vaguely enjoyable about the film, as there has been with most of Matthew Perry's movies.

Full Review Source: Moviehole | comment Comment
10/02/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

[Cedric the Entertainer] gives what just might be the worst performance of the year (and no, I'm not forgetting A Walk to Remember's Mandy Moore).

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
09/24/02
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
09/22/02
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Lame, limp, unappealing, incompetent, clueless -- these are the kindest words I can come up with to describe this film.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
09/18/02
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Neither Perry nor Hurley displays a gift for romantic nonsense, and it's difficult to detect any real or faked sexual chemistry between the two stars.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
09/14/02
Shirley Sealy
Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International

It's not pretty watching this likable cast floundering in search of something funny to do.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
09/03/02
Mike McGranaghan
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

'...One drawn-out, painful chase, with a few slugs, love smacks and prostate jokes.'

Full Review Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI) | comment Comment
09/03/02
Anita Schmaltz
Anita Schmaltz
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Serving Sara is so close to "fun little diversion" that it makes the parts that don?t work hurt more than they really should.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
09/02/02
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
 
 
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