Movie Review: Serving Sara

Lots has been written about how the stars of "Friends" are trying to break into movies, but if the material they're being offered is as crummy as "Serving Sara," why bother?

Matthew Perry, who plays Chandler on "Friends," has better dialogue there than in this tedious film, in which he's a process server who pals up with a trophy wife, played by Elizabeth Hurley.

To give you an idea of where the script falls on the Hollywood food chain, the best romantic comedies get offered to Julia Roberts, then Meg Ryan, then Sandra Bullock, then Reese Witherspoon, then Ashley Judd, then Gwyneth Paltrow, then Cate Blanchett, then Julianne Moore, then about a hundred other people, then Kathy Bates, and then, finally, when all those people have decided the script doesn't meet their standards, to Hurley.

Hurley does what she can with her tired dialogue, and, in her defense, it must be said that her lips are the perfect shade of pink.

The movie is sort of a chase scene, with sort of gross jokes thrown in, with sort of a romance tacked on, because Hollywood rules dictate that whenever a man and a woman spend 90 minutes together, they must fall in love.

With the exception of some fleetingly amusing improvisations by Cedric the Entertainer, who plays Perry's boss, there isn't a redeeming moment here. As Chandler Bing might say, "Could a movie be less funny?"

One out of five stars.