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Serving Sara

2002 · 100 min

A breezy, silly caper that coasts on slapstick chases and mismatched chemistry, easy to watch but instantly forgettable.

Directed by
Reginald Hudlin
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
The One Thing That Could Bring Them Together Is Revenge.
Overview
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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Directed by
Reginald Hudlin
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • greed
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour6
Realism4
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Reginald Hudlin
Written by
David Ronn, Jay Scherick
Starring
Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Vincent Pastore, Bruce Campbell, Cedric the Entertainer, Amy Adams, Terry Crews, Jerry Stiller
Music
Marcus Miller
Cinematography
Robert Brinkmann
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Spanish, English

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