This is a fun film about a process server trying to serve a lady (whose husband is cheating on her )until she doubles it if he serves her husband . The film starts off slowly but then picks up . The film has some funny scenes one involving Matthew Perry and a bull and there is also a funny scene at the airport as well as at a hotel where they have no money and they ask for a room.
The ending takes place at a monster truck arena . Matthew Perry is great in his role as is Elizabeth Hurley who wears some sexy outfits too and is fun to watch . Vincent Pastore as Tony is a good villain . There is a an unexpected twist later in the film which I enjoyed.
I wasn't expecting much so I was pleasantly surprised . I would recommend the film .
Plot summary
When Sara is served divorce papers while she is in New York, she is stunned. Not about to lose the fortune she amassed with her self-serving Texan husband, she makes an offer to her process server, Joe, that sets them off on a wild trip across the country.
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July 19, 2023 at 06:34 AM
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It Could've Been So Much More
I watched `Serving Sara' on Saturday. I wish I could say it was a very funny film. I wish I could say that Matthew Perry doesn't look unhealthy for most of the movie. I wish I could say that Elizabeth Hurley was a good comedic actress. I can say that it's clear even when she's acting that Ms. Hurley is a very classy lady. She's also obviously comfortable in front of the camera. However, her use of exaggerated hip swaying and mouth expressions isn't effective in carrying the jokes. When I think of popular actresses who are naturally funny, I think of Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan. Both these ladies utilize their eyes and whole faces in delivering their comedic lines. As for the very likeable Matthew, the circles under his eyes and his drawn face made it hard for me to focus on his performance. His delivery was similar to his acting in `Friends', but in `Serving Sara' his appearance throughout the whole movie seemed subdued. Perhaps he lacked gusto due to the health crisis he was battling at the time of filming or maybe he was directed to be less `Chandler', and more streetwise and scrappy. As for the other two main co-stars, Vincent Pastore basically plays his character in `The Sopranos'; I couldn't detect any difference between his movie performance and television persona. Cedric `The Entertainer' caught my attention with his on-the-verge-of-a-heart-attack performance as the boss with a short temper and high blood pressure. However, his schtick ran out of steam rather quickly. I became unimpressed after his second remark about `that bitch' revealed a lack of original dialogue. Still, if you're a Matthew Perry fan, as I am, the movie isn't an entire waste. The actor's good nature shines through, even when his role calls for him to be something of a jaded character. I had a few chuckles at some of Matthew's more physical scenes and got to watch him for an hour and a half, so I left the theatre with a smile on my face.
Meh...
This is one of those comedies your mother brings home thinking it
might be "cute funny"; you know: no boobies, not much swearing,
little to no violence, and written in a way that everyone gets the
jokes.................and she'd be right.
Matthew Perry does his best NOT to be Chandler Bing in his role
as cynical process server Joe Tyler, and walks a fine line between
success and reliance on his old character traits. He swears, lies,
doesn't shave and wears a leather jacket, but every now and again
slips back into a motion or facial expression that is the essence of
Chandler Bing. Oh well, he's still the best performer in the film.
Liz Hurley, as a supposedly devoted wife, oblivious to her
husband's extramarital affair and suddenly served with divorce
papers, shows all of the emotion of canned tuna. Let's face it, she
is merely 'eye-candy' in the picture. And Cedric The Entertainer is
appallingly one-dimensional and insipid in his role as Tyler's boss
(he delivers lines like an urban Henny Youngman, for pete's
sake!).
The real problems here are dialogue and comic timing though.
Every line (especially those given to/ by Perry) come across as so
completely scripted and placed within the conversations that all
the comedy of the actual words seem forced, and resultingly not
humourous at all. The dialogue also suffers from both not wanting
to step on the other characters lines, and in needing to spoon-feed
the storyline so completely to the viewer (which makes one feel
about 3 years old by movie's end). Then there is the 'tear-jerking'
story behind why Tyler does this for a living, and the horribly forced
romance between Perry and Hurley's characters to add to the
growing miasma of distaste in your mouth.
I never laughed once. My family chuckled here and there. And in
the end, as the credits rolled, my mother chimed in, "That was
pretty good." Our home theatre remained silent in response.
5/10. Not terrible, but nothing I'd watch again or recommend in
good conscience.