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Serving Sara
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  out of 4
Review by Susan Granger
0 stars out of 4
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Warning: There are many definitions of "time waster" but this movie
must surely be one of them. The inane plot revolves around Joe Tyler (Matthew
Perry), a cynical process server, being assigned to serve divorce papers to Sara
Moore (Elizabeth Hurley), the unsuspecting wife/partner of Gordon (Bruce
Campbell), a Texas cattle rancher. Sara initially eludes him but when Joe
finally finds her, she makes a counter-offer. She'll give him $1 million to
serve Gordon instead, a sneaky legal maneuver which will give her 50% of his
fortune. What ensues is so stupefyingly awful that there must be an explanation.
Perhaps it's because Matthew Perry (Chandler on TV's "Friends") took time off
filming for rehab for alcohol and pain-killer addiction or because Elizabeth
Hurley ("Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery") was trolling for the
father of her then-unborn child. Who knows? But there's zero chemistry between
them, which poses an insurmountable problem since this is intended to be a
screwball romantic comedy. And that still doesn't excuse the lame, stereotypical
characters and formulaic script by Jay Scherick and David Ronin (TV's "Spin
City" writers) nor the ineptitude of director Reginald Hudlin ("Boomerang"). And
who got to the MPAA ratings committee on this one? Not only is it sexually crude
in a veterinarian scene but the beauteous Ms. Hurley flashes her bare breasts to
a motel clerk in order to get a free room. That's PG-13? Supporting actors
Vincent Pastore (late of TV's "Sopranos"), as a rival process server, and Cedric
the Entertainer, as Joe's boss, try valiantly but to no avail. On the Granger
Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Serving Sara" is an atrocious 1, destined to disappear
into the post-Labor Day dumping ground until it's designated as one of the 10
Worst Pictures of the Year.
Copyright © 2002 Susan Granger
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