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Serving Sara
(Reviewed August 11, 2002)
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You know what this is. It's another one of those absolutely worthless, badly acted, stultifyingly dull exercises that is billed as a comedy, but which includes absolutely nothing that is actually witty, funny, or even amusing, let alone clever or surprising. Instead, it is stuffed with the kind of mindlessly stupid dialog you hear on almost every television sitcom, lines that are delivered as if they are supposed to be funny but which most emphatically are not. Seriously, people: There ain't a single laugh in this whole brain-dead waste of time, unless you happen to be one of the moronic, drooling simpletons who thinks "Friends" is guffaw-a-minute hilarious.
Matthew Perry, of that aforementioned monkey-minded TV show, is a process server whose every utterance here is a lame would-be wisecrack. Elizabeth Hurley is the piece-of-ass wife a a Texas millionaire who brings Perry over to her side and tries to turn the tables on hubby to get her hands on more of his money in the divorce settlement. Hurley presumably made this flick before real events in her own life began imitating its plot (she got knocked up by a billionaire, then went after the poor, unlucky bastard for big-bucks child support as he ducked and weaved and unsuccessfully tried denying being the dad). Can you say, "Most expensive screw of that dude's life?" Hey, pal: Rubbers only cost about a quarter each. Next time, spend the two bits.
Absolutely no nudity from Ms. Hurley, as usual (or from anyone else), although she does get back into a pleated plaid miniskirt again. Hey, Liz--that outfit didn't save "Bedazzled," either.
Yet another of the worst movies of 2002. God, there are so many!
Back Row Grade: F
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