REVIEW: “Serving Sara” pointless and tasteless
Someone should have done the world a favor and served the makers of “Serving Sara” with an injunction to keep it from being released. Not only was it not funny, but it was pointless and tasteless. Unless you find bovine sex and hairy Italians humorous – then maybe you’d enjoy this movie.
In a nutshell, the plot revolves around Joe, who is trying to serve divorce papers to Sara, whose husband wants to inherit all of their money and leave her with nothing. She in turn offers him $1 million if he will serve her husband instead of her. They promptly leave for Texas in an effort to put their plan into action.
A lot of the problems in “Sara” revolve around the script. It was unfunny, full of plot holes the size of Texas and made the script for “Dumb and Dumber” look like Oscar material. (Did I forget to mention the tired clichés and poor comic timing?)
The rest of the problems with the film lie in the actors. Matthew Perry (the server) plays the only part he knows how to play – Chandler from “Friends.” The guy has no variety in his repertoire. He can only play snide cynicism with a generous helping of canned humor and a dash of ogling schoolboy. This is another of his lame attempts to bring Chandler to the silver screen (and he was nominated for an Emmy?!). Too bad he’s destined to a life on the small screen.
Liz Hurley (the servee) is still stuck in long-legged model world. She still hasn’t caught on to the whole actress thing. Consequently, she is stuck in roles where she is forced to use her body as a way to make any kind of impact on her audience. Case in point is the way she gets a motel room for the night.
The only mildly funny moments involved Cedric the Entertainer as Perry’s boss (see his stressed out plea to Miss Cleo). However, if this is the type of entertaining we can expect from his new variety show on Fox then save us the misery and please cancel it now instead of halfway through the season.
All in all, this is Paramount’s lame excuse for trying to make money when there are no good movies to release. Fall is usually when studios release the movies they don’t expect to do well. It is also when the front runners for the Oscars come along. Maybe these super-stupid films are released now in an effort to make those Oscar wannabes look better. Whatever the reason, it looks to be a long, dry season until the holiday blockbusters like “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” and “The Two Towers” are released.
My advice: Skip “Sara” and catch “Signs” – there’s a comedic thriller worth your time and money.
Jared Sterzer is a senior majoring in business information systems. Comments can be sent to jwsterz@cc.usu.edu