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Serving Sara
2002
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Serving Sara
Positive Reviews
3
Negative reviews
57
Average Rating
1.3
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1.8
The movie itself is a cattle ranch full of joke droppings and mooing shtick not worth stepping in.
EW
1.3
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
0.0
Theyre the cinematic version of Novocain; even as youre getting out of your theatre seat, youve already forgotten them.
1.3
One look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid Um.....isnt that the basis for the entire plot
E Film Critic
2.0
He possesses a wonderfully biting wit, complete with sharp tongued, beautifully sarcastic humor.
Cinema Blend
1.0
Skip this turd and pick your nose instead because youre sure to get more out of the latter experience.
JoBlo
1.2
From the viewers perspective Suffering Sara or Surviving Sara might be more apt...a serving of Sara that youd do well to decline.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
With Vicodin sharp timing, Perry wavers from glib to glazed, seeming to openly rue his miscasting as palookaville process server Joe Tyler.
Village Voice
1.3
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 ..
ReelViews
0.6
Throw in a couple of fart jokes, a couple of kicked in the crotch jokes and a couple of cow pattie jokes and youve got Serving Sara.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Entirely wasted is Bruce Campbell as Saras husband and partner Gordon, a cookie cutter jerk (who apparently needs glasses if hes dumping classy, smart ..
1.3
Director Reginald Hudlin milks the bit for all its worth, which isnt much.
Reel Film Reviews
0.5
Lame, limp, unappealing, incompetent, clueless these are the kindest words I can come up with to describe this film.
Eric Ds Nider
1.5
It doesnt help that Perry (The Whole Nine Yards, Three to Tango) doesnt have a great deal of comedic acting range although he can be funny doing what ..
Screen It
1.9
This movies idea of romantic repartee is having Joe tell Sara, who has rejected his advances, that if Gordon cant tell you how beautiful, sexy and won ..
New York Post
1.5
Neither Perry nor Hurley displays a gift for romantic nonsense, and its difficult to detect any real or faked sexual chemistry between the two stars.
Film Journal International ..
1.9
What few laughs there are come through a nearly Herculean effort by Perry, who seems to be the only one whos really trying.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
The films low point, a real Freddie Got Fingered moment, has Joe helping a bull perform sexually. Dont ask.
Internet Reviews
2.0
As it is, it doesnt deserve a great deal more than a cursory glance.
Mountain X
4.5
Cedric the Entertainer is absolutely hilarious as a frustrated boss.
Reel Talk Reviews
0.5
Advertisement: Perry plays Joe, a sort of sad sack wisecracking hipster process server who isnt particularly good at his job.
Salon
0.0
90 excruciating minutes later we know hes telling the awful truth.
1.3
Specifications: 1.33:1 full frame; English Dolby Digital mono (English DTS and English 5.1 Surround for Im Gonna Send Your Vote to College); English s ..
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
Too mucky and uneven to signify an out and out winner, but...charming when it wants to be and not nearly as bad as early word has suggested.
The Movie Boy
2.5
Stars Matthew Perry and Elizabeth Hurley illicit more than a chuckle, and more jokes land than crash, but ultimately Serving Sara doesnt distinguish i ..
Chicago Tribune
2.0
The films original idea never gets fully exploited and is instead riddled with standard jokes and situations.
Hollywood
0.0
Directed by Reginald Hudlin (The Ladies Man), theres almost no story arc or character development in Serving Sara.
Spliced Wire
0.0
The picture, scored by a perversely cheerful Marcus Miller accordion/harmonica/banjo abomination, is a monument to bad in all its florid variety.
Film Freak Central
0.5
Serving Sara is a lazy, trite comedy thats made by people who dont care either.
Oregon Live
1.5
Its probably unfair to say youll feel just as violated if you waste $10 on this, but serving time with this bomb comes pretty darn close.
E Online
1.3
Director Reginald Hudlin and screenwriters Jay Scherick and David Ronn never seem to have settled on a comic tone, with painfully uneven results.
Movies Tv Guide
1.5
The plot fluctuations unfold as predictably as any other cross country buddy buddy flick you care to mention.
La Weekly
2.5
Not that she is just a pretty face, just that other than that, she doesnt have a whole lot to do.
Three Movie Buffs
1.9
Perrys good and his is an interesting character, but Serving Sara hasnt much more to serve than silly fluff. Nor is it a romantic comedy.
Ross Anthony
0.6
If he so chooses, David Schwimmer could make a movie co starring Gallagher and Yakov Smirnoff. It would have to be better.
The Filmy Ap
2.5
Bad direction, worse editing and a worthless script make it a forgettable diversion at best.
Montreal Film Journal
2.0
...Designed to appeal to moviegoers whose goal is to sit in an air conditioned theater for 1 1/2 hours with their brains on pause.
Film Quips Online
0.5
Meanwhile, Perry, an agreeable small screen presence seeking a large screen future, barely registers.
La Times
1.5
Romantic comedy ought to have some romance and laughs, but this extraordinarily flat effort has neither.
Chicago Reader
0.5
Undisputed lands its best licks in the acting duel: Snipess intense grace versus Rhamess brawling bravado.
People
1.5
The most intrigue and interest Serving Sara can or will generate revolves around Perrys real life rehab stint, leaving one to wonder which scenes were ..
1.9
Its not pretty watching this likable cast floundering in search of something funny to do.
Aisle Seat
1.9
...excruciatingly numb and mindless romantic comedy. Theres nothing here that the main leads or supporting players can do to serve Sara her just desse ..
Movie Eye
1.5
Perry and Hurley banter and bicker in the old screwball tradition, and its clear from the start that theyre supposed to fall in love. They just dont s ..
Tulsa World
1.5
Its fine for maybe an inflight movie, but on the whole its just dated dreck.
Dark Horizons
0.6
Maybe Katharine Hepburn, calling to say that screwball isnt really dead.
Seattle Times
1.0
The stubble thats almost always on his face doesnt make him look any better or much enrich the character of Joe.)
Articles Orlando Sentinel
1.8
The only thing Sara serves is lame, stereotypical humor coupled with predictable shenanigans.
Eclipse Magazine
1.3
This movie doesnt play; it just lies there, waiting to be kicked around by anyone unfortunate enough to have shelled out good money to see it.
Articles Baltimore Sun
2.5
But serving divorce papers to one Sara Moore (Elizabeth Hurley) proves unexpectedly difficult.
Articles Sun Sentinel
1.9
The movie starts off embarrassingly bad. Ten one liners go by with not even a smirk from the audience.
Fantastic A Daily
2.5
Fortunately, Perry and Cedric The Entertainer generously give side splitting performances.
Paloalto Online
1.5
Quick paced though it may be, Sara just doesnt serve it up fast enough.
Boston Phoenix
1.5
It can only be recommended as a very mild rental...ya know, one of those that you pick up because youve already seen everything else.
Supercala.com
1.5
Serving Sara is the kind of movie that should premiere on an airplane its lame but watchable, and you could read a magazine during it and still follow ..
Citysearch
1.3
Serving Sara is downright terrible: impossible to enjoy, impossible to believe.
Miami Herald
1.0
A movie without a redeeming feature: a black hole where laughter goes to die.
eye WEEKLY
1.0
All people involved in this movie should be served with papers demanding that they never collaborate on anything ever again.
3 Black Chicks
2.0
But with its double dose of utter stupidity and surprisingly unfunny comedy, Serving Sara simply blows.
Movies Radio Free
1.3
Theres something for most everyone to hate in Serving Sara, a screwball comedy in which jokes cross the plate like sinkers.
Arizona Daily Star
2.8
Though Perry and Hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed, haphazard script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, neither the actor ..
Journal News (Westchester, ..
1.9
As Chandler himself might say, could this movie be any more predictable Though its interesting to see Perry try to do a character a little edgier and ..
Dvd Journal
1.0
Serving Sara should be subpoenaed for promoting itself as a film with laughs in it.
Modamag.com
1.5
If its not too late and, seriously, I hope its not Hurley and Perry better clinch some more substantial roles quick, maybe even straight dramatics, be ..
1.3
How inept is Serving Sara It makes even Elizabeth Hurley seem graceless and ugly.
Boston Globe
3.0
The script is clever enough to give Perry a somewhat dignified role as a sarcastic, educated charmer down on his luck.
The Star
0.0
Anyone associated with this god awful movie should be suspended from Hollywood for the rest of the year.
1.3
With the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer as Perrys boss, there isnt a redeeming moment here.
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