Serving Sara (2002)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Aug 23, 2002

Running Time: 100 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell, Amy Adams, Vincent Pastore, Cedric The Entertainer, Terry Crews, Marshall Bell, Court Young, Andrew Wilson

director: Reginald Hudlin

Serving Sara

Joe Tyler might just have one of the worst jobs in the world, but he'll stop at nothing to do it. A down-and-dirty process server with ingenious methods of laying legal documents on everyone from mobsters to millionaires, Joe is a man determined to serve his man--or woman--at all costs. Sara Moore is Joe's next victim. Her conniving partner, Gordon, a wealthy, Texan cattle rancher with whom she has amassed a fortune, has hired Joe to serve Sara with papers that threaten to cut her off. While, at first, Sara is taken by surprise, once the shock wears off, she's ready to strike back and go after what she's entitled to--the money she earned with Gordon, a sizeable chunk of his ego... and just maybe a shot at true love.

As process server Joe Tyler, Perry is probably the best thing Serving Sara has going for it. His funniest scenes come early in the film, when we see the crazy things his character Joe has to do to serve some of his more elusive targets. Perry's blasé delivery enhances the punch line of all the jokes, but it's his character's knack for getting beaten up that makes him such a likeable underdog. In the title role, Hurley is much harder to relate to. It's hard to sympathize with snooty-to-the-bone…