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Serving Sara (Widescreen Edition)
: I'm 11 yrs old now ^_^ Well, this movie was pretty good, but isn't a great movie for all those little kiddies. I got sooo tired of hearing swearwords!!! And some offensive sexual terms...there is one part in this movie that just made me PLAIN SICK...but still, the story is great, and if you want a good comedy, then I reccomend this.
 Matthew Perry is a New York process server who, in trying to serve divorce papers to a Texas millionaire's trophy wife, gets sucked into her scheme to get revenge on her infidel husband.
The plot and script were amusing, and the cast was well chosen except for one actress - Elizabeth Hurley. Her sex appeal is her only asset in this film (would Sara Moore's pants have been torn off by an airport baggage claim conveyor belt if a less hot actress had played her? I think not.) Her acting is shallow and grows less and less tolerable with every viewing of this movie. Serving Sara could have been a very funny movie that could be enjoyed for years after, but instead will be abandoned as soon as it loses its "new release" status because of the mediocre acting of the second most major character. Sandra Bullock would have been an excellent choice for the role.
This film's screenwriter has obviously never been to Texas, and any Texan would be nauseated by the blatant inaccuracies and character portrayals. Even today, Texans are still portrayed in films as loud, unintelligent, overbearing, and materialistic. The scene where the attendees of a monster truck show whip out guns and begin firing on Gordon Moore once they are told he is carrying the Ebola virus is absurd (Texans don't carry guns around with them, we keep them at home). Also, regarding factual information, when the secretary points out Durango to Sara on a map to reveal Gordon's whereabouts, she points to central Texas, around Austin and San Antonio. Durango is a small, insignificant town in south Texas near the Mexican border. No one with money would hold property down there. Also, Gordon Moore may be stupid, but if he was stupid enough to try to farm in hilly, rocky central Texas, he wouldn't be worth $20 million.
I gave this movie 3 stars out of kindness, because with the right actress, it could have been something worth buying.
...so that's why I didn't know who Matthew Perry is. I know who Elizabeth Hurley is, of course, from her modelling and her much-publicized romance with Hugh Grant. That's why I kept saying to myself, "What a seedy-looking guy; why did he get this job?" And that's also why I found the budding romance between Liz and him somewhat unbelievable, because she's a radiantly beautiful woman, and he looked like a disheveled Bill Murray knock-off. Minor point, I guess. For a movie I knew nothing about until it started rolling, "Serving Sara" is pretty funny. The plot hinges on serving divorce papers, and how where such papers are served will alter the outcome of a divorce settlement. Perry serves Hurley these papers in NYC; when he mentions that had she served her husband first in Texas (where they had been living) her setttlement would have been a heck of a lot bigger, she convinces him to go with her to Texas to serve her husband after all for a reward of a million dollars. Complication? There's a rival paper server determined to nail Hurley before Perry can get to the millionaire hubby. Situational comedy after that. Someone compared this to "Something about Mary", but I wouldn't agree with that. "Mary" did indeed center on politically incorrect grossout humor, whereas "Sara" doesn't have an overabundance of that, though there is a gross scene centering on an impotent bull(the action was then taking place on a cattle ranch). The best thing about the movie was Liz Hurley, to whom I hadn't devoted much thought before. In manner, she is much like Jackie Bisset and in fact she bears some resemblance to her. She's a competent actress and I'd enjoy seeing her again in something. Perry? No. This first time will suffice for all time. Not that he was a bad actor or comedian, but I don't find him anything special. So, you won't serve yourself wrong to see this amusing little picture, but I wouldn't expect the earth to shake or anything.
 ... Perry plays a down-on-his luck process server who hits his latest victim
with divorce papers from her rich husband. She convinces him to tear up
the papers and serve her husband instead with the process of a million
dollars of the settlement. Naturally, since he wants to be sensitive and
open a vinyard, Perry agrees. The plot was a waste of time. The movie wasn't funny. The chemistry
between Perry and Elizabeth Hurley is non-existent. Don't watch this [movie]!!
This is a very, very funny movie. Matthew Perry is great, and Liz Hurley isn't bad either. This is honestly the second funniest movie of the summer, with Austin Powers 3 far ahead in first. Perry plays Joe, a process server who used to be the greatest in New York, until his new coworker/rival, Tony came. Tony has been secretly informing Joe's targets, and allowing them to get away. Now, Joe's last shot is to serve divorce papers to Sara Moore, Hurley, a job worth millions to the agency and Joe personally ($5,000 for him). But when Sara comes to him for revenge, he tears up her papers, and sets out to serve her cheating husband in Texas. Their chase is hilarious, but many of the jokes have been seen before. There is cow humor, baring-of-the-breasts-to-get-a-free-room bit, and the misadventures of Tony, who has the IQ of a virus. You'll be entertained by this movie, but don't look for any new thrills.
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