Deliver Us From Eva (2003)
43 %
Reviews Counted: 80 Fresh: 34 Rotten:46 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Consensus:
Though Union and LL Cool J are appealing romantic leads, Deliver Us From Eva is too predictable and contrived.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 7, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $17,334,912
Synopsis: DELIVER US FROM EVA, directed by Gary Hardwick (THE BROTHERS), pits man against woman in a memorable battle royale of romance and comedy. Hardened by her parents' deaths, Eva Dandridge (Gabrielle Union, BRING IT ON) gives up her childhood dreams of horse training to provide for her three... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Essence Atkins, Dartanyan Edmonds, Meagan Good
Director: Gary Hardwick
Screenwriter: Gary Hardwick, James Iver Mattson, B.E. Brauner
Producer: Len Amato, Paddy Cullen
Composer: Murcus Miller
Screenwriter: Gary Hardwick, James Iver Mattson, B.E. Brauner
Producer: Len Amato, Paddy Cullen
Composer: Murcus Miller
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Reviews
[Smith] and Union bring out the best in each other, especially (and surprisingly) during the more dramatic emotional interludes.
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07/06/08
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While the premise of the director's follow-up ... is promising, he botches the execution at every turn, leaving his cast to drift aimlessly among half-baked plot points.
03/25/03
The simplistic approach to the material will no doubt please undiscriminating viewers, while those who’ve seen any romantic comedy will be consistently several steps ahead of the characters.
03/10/03
The fact that there's little new in the roundabout urban updating of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew detracts not a whit from its charms, most of which come from leads LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union.
03/10/03
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For the most part, Deliver Us From Eva is a pretty enjoyable, if predictable, romantic comedy.
03/07/03
Any romantic comedy that gives you time to think probably isn't doing its job.
03/07/03
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Only LL Cool J's considerable charisma keeps this from completely sinking.
02/19/03
Top CriticLuckily, Gabrielle Union's jazz is matched by LL Cool J's torso. And, he can act too, always helpful.
02/14/03
A wheelbarrow full of laughs with smart characters played well by a brilliant cast.
02/12/03
You end up with a movie that's never more than harmlessly entertaining and adequate -- I doubt the filmmaker was aiming so low.
02/12/03
This update of The Taming of the Shrew has appealing stars in Smith and Union, but their charm is too fragile to survive the dopey script.
02/11/03
Solid cast and the occasional chuckle notwithstanding, this movie is wildly uneven, chugging this way and that before careening off track.
02/10/03
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Deliver us from screenplays that force likable protagonists to twist and bend their personalities to serve the contortions of a ridiculous and formulaic plot.
02/10/03
Top Critic
The movie may try and hastily deliver Eva, but it barely delivers anything worthwhile beyond its sluggish pacing.
02/09/03
It avoids the template for a while, but by the end, it's doing everything that every other film of its genre does, right down to the reconciliation that occurs in a public setting.
02/08/03
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LL looks real funny in this one.
by: Ivy Killa 11/28/02
by: Ivy Killa 11/28/02
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