Even so, he agrees to serve divorce papers to Sara Moore (ELIZABETH HURLEY) from her husband,
Gordon (BRUCE CAMPBELL), due to the $5,000 payout upon completion. It seems that the wealthy cattle rancher has found a new woman in the form of Kate (AMY ADAMS) and wants to make sure that his divorce proceedings take place in Texas where he's more likely to receive a favorable settlement and thus keep most of his money.
After some difficulty in reaching Sara - due to Tony tipping her off and telling her to flee - Joe finally serves her the papers. Upon hearing of those settlement odds, Sara makes Joe a proposition. If he turns around and serves Gordon with her divorce papers instead, she'll give him a cut of her earnings in the form of one million dollars. He, of course, accepts the offer.
When Ray gets wind of this, he sends Tony to deliver Sara her papers first, while Gordon calls in his henchman, Vernon (TERRY CREWS), to watch for Joe and prevent him from delivering his. With both process servers heading for Texas, it's a race to see who will be the first to complete their task.
Several women show cleavage and/or appear in revealing attire, some making out occurs, a man and woman end up in a sexual position played for laughs, and a woman flashes her bare breasts (we see her bare back) to a motel clerk to receive a free room. A bit of crude animal husbandry has a bull mounting an expressive fake cow and includes a man having his arm up that bull's rectum during that. Other crude humor is present as well, as is some blood from a beating and separate, brief dog attack.
Other violence includes some hitting or pushing of others, some slapstick style material, some property damage, and several instances of people shooting at others (with one man being hit off-screen and then having to have shotgun pellets removed from his back).
A married couple tries to serve each other with divorce papers, various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, and some imitative behavior is present as is some smoking and drinking. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2002) (Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Mild
Mild
Heavy
*Mild
Moderate
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
None
None
Minor
Moderate
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
Minor
Mild
Moderate
Moderate
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Reviewed August 20, 2002 / Posted August 23, 2002
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