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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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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

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

There's something for most everyone to hate in Serving Sara, a screwball comedy in which jokes cross the plate like sinkers.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
08/23/02
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

I don't know what they're Serving Sara, but I'm sending it back to the kitchen.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
08/23/02
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic

Crass and joyless.

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

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

How inept is Serving Sara? It makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/23/02
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

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

[A] poorly executed comedy.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
08/25/02
Tim Cogshell
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

It's probably the worst Matthew Perry movie ever.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
08/23/02
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

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

Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley illicit more than a chuckle, and more jokes land than crash, but ultimately Serving Sara doesn't distinguish itself from the herd.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/22/02
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune

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

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

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

Serving Sara is the kind of movie that should premiere on an airplane--it's lame but watchable, and you could read a magazine during it and still follow the plot.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
08/22/02
Bill Pearis
Bill Pearis
Citysearch

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)

The jokes are telegraphed so far in advance they must have been lost in the mail.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
08/23/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A road trip that will get you thinking, 'Are we there yet?'

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
08/20/02
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

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
 
 
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