Serving Sara

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Serving Sara

PG-13

2002

1h 39m

Comedy

Romance

Drama

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When Sara (Elizabeth Hurley) 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 (Matthew Perry), that sets them off on a wild trip across the country.

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Critics Consensus

A romantic comedy that's neither funny nor particularly romantic, Serving Sara is a forgettable time waster.

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Jami Bernard

New York Daily News

07/26/2014

1/4

[There's] nary a laugh to be found.

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

06/11/2013

A third-rate conflation of Midnight Run and It Happened One Night, Serving Sara relies heavily on Perry's perpetually exasperated shtick, which fits more comfortably among the democratic ensemble of TV's Friends.

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Hank Sartin

Chicago Reader

01/03/2007

Romantic comedy ought to have some romance and laughs, but this extraordinarily flat effort has neither.

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

11/16/2019

The most intrigue and interest Serving Sara can or will generate revolves around Perry's real life rehab stint, leaving one to wonder which scenes were shot before and after...

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

06/14/2016

2/5

Predictable comedy has profanity, iffy humor, and violence.

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Leah Rozen

People Magazine

07/26/2014

Perry smirks and mugs throughout while Hurley just seems massively bored, practically yawning even while hoisting her shirt for the hotel clerk.

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David S

@IH8Phags69 Jan 2

His movies are always incredibly terrible especially because he is in the movie!!!!

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Oct 18

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Microsoft M

@RT89703535 Oct 9

this is the most charming movie I saw. Very funny, adorable actors. Hennadi from Ukraine.

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Ed R

@JustcallmeER Aug 16

A very cheesy Matthew Perry type movie turned Rom-Com?

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Jun 15

No chemistry with Perry and Hurley - and no laughs either. He serves her divorce papers and they run around the country while Cedric the Entertainer talks on the phone.

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Melissa M

@Lisey 03/30/2025

This movie has crude & sophomoric humor. Some parts are LOL. This film has a lot of Spit takes. Spit takes in movies is so cliche. And so overdone. It's at the point where it's no longer funny. It is nice to see Matthew Perry however in a comedic dramatic role. It's a far cry from his character Chandler Bing on Friends. His performance as Joe is one of the best parts of the flick. Serving Sara is worth a four-star rating because it also has the King of Camp Bruce Campbell. You know any movie with him is going to be comedy gold. Jerry Stiller a comedic legend also has an appearance in the film. Elizabeth Hurley is surprisingly funny as Sara Moore. Vincent Pastore character Tony is a real Mafiaso type. Tony is one of the funniest characters in the movie. Serving Sara is it four star comedy drama that's worth watching more than once.

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Tony

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Synopsis

When Sara (Elizabeth Hurley) 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 (Matthew Perry), that sets them off on a wild trip across the country.

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Producer: Dan Halsted
Screenwriter: Jay Scherick, David Ronn
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Halsted Pictures, Illusion Entertainment, Mandalay Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude Humor|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 23, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 1, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.9M
Runtime: 1h 39m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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