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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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Filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low. Fortunately for all involved, this movie is likely to disappear as quickly as an ice cube thrown into a pot of boiling water.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
08/23/02
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

It's probably unfair to say you'll feel just as violated if you waste $10 on this, but serving time with this bomb comes pretty darn close.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/23/02
E! Online

Scratch this one from your list and watch instead Singin' in the Rain or The Dukes of Hazzard or a Learning Channel special on cows, flatulent or otherwise. Whatever your interest, you'll be better served.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
08/23/02
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

You know a movie is DOA when not even the sight of Liz Hurley in a 'Trailer Trash' glitter T-shirt, tartan miniskirt and lace-up python boots can revive it.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
08/22/02
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com

With the dog days of August upon us, think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
08/22/02
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Serving Sara is merely a serving of average, forgettable Hollywood fare.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
08/22/02
Sue Pierman
Sue Pierman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

I just hope there’s not a second serving of Sara anytime soon.

Full Review Source: KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) | comment Comment
08/22/02
Danny Minton
Danny Minton
KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX)

Unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters, the Reginald Hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor, ethnic slurs.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/22/02
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Times
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The film's low point, a real Freddie Got Fingered moment, has Joe helping a bull perform sexually. Don't ask.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
08/22/02
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

The entire movie is in need of a scented bath.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
08/22/02
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News

Perry's good and his is an interesting character, but "Serving Sara" hasn't much more to serve than silly fluff. Nor is it a romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
08/22/02
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

“One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid?” Um…..isn’t that the basis for the entire plot?

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
08/22/02
Erik Childress
Erik Childress
eFilmCritic.com

As problematic as the two leads are, they are inconsequential to this poorly written story

Full Review Source: Talking Pictures (U.S.) | comment Comment
08/22/02
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

From the viewer's perspective 'Suffering Sara' or 'Surviving Sara' might be more apt...a serving of 'Sara' that you'd do well to decline.

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08/22/02
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

A supposed neo-screwball romp that ends up feeling like an episode of Friends set in Texas crossed with an Estee Lauder shoot.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
08/22/02
Tor Thorsen
Tor Thorsen
Reel.com

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

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

Skip this turd and pick your nose instead because you're sure to get more out of the latter experience.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
08/22/02
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Though Perry and Hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed, haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, neither the actors nor director Reginald Hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining.

Full Review Source: Journal News (Westchester, NY) | comment Comment
08/22/02
Marshall Fine
Marshall Fine
Journal News (Westchester, NY)

The picture, scored by a perversely cheerful Marcus Miller accordion/harmonica/banjo abomination, is a monument to bad in all its florid variety.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
08/21/02
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
 
 
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