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Deliver Us From Eva (2003)
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Essence Atkins, Dartanyan Edmonds
Director: Gary Hardwick
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02/07/03
Luckily, Gabrielle Union's jazz is matched by LL Cool J's torso. And, he can act too, always helpful.
02/14/03
Imagine a movie where the most interesting person gets the life stomped out of them. Then imagine the movie telling you to be happy about that.
02/07/03
After awhile, a certain sameness settles over Deliver Us From Eva.
02/07/03
Top CriticProblem is, there are no real reasons why the intelligent, accomplished and in many ways very warm and decent Eva should possess a streak as nasty as she does.
02/07/03
Deliver us from all the bad winter movies that say they're funny then deliver us with crap.
02/07/03
Deliver Us from Eva isn't The Taming of the Shrew; it's not even a reasonable facsimile.
02/06/03
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
Hardwick clearly wants to make this more than another hip-hop comedy, but that desire evaporates in the face of loopy storytelling ... one-dimensional archetypes, too much predictability and not enough comedy.
02/07/03
Top CriticRuns smoothly and likably until a maddeningly dumbed-down and cloying finale that sinks the entire film.
02/07/03
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
The plot takes preposterous turns, and the story takes too long to give us characters to care about.
02/07/03
Top CriticThe movie may try and hastily deliver Eva, but it barely delivers anything worthwhile beyond its sluggish pacing.
02/09/03
Deliver Us From Eva is surprisingly a bland and fading “clash-of-the-sexes” comedy that has all the urgency of a giddy Cosmopolitan article...this film forgot to deliver the desired goods along with the convincing complexity that once consumed Eva
02/07/03
Practically laughless...most viewers will plead for deliverance not just from Eva, but from the whole movie.
02/05/03
The cast is charming and capable enough, but they are wasted in thinly sketched roles trapped in toothless comedy.
02/06/03
Top CriticThe movie goes according to romantic comedy plan -- he pretends to like her, then he actually likes her, and she likes him, then she finds out he was put up to it, and so on.
02/07/03
Depicts gender warfare as a kind of pillow fight.
03/07/03
Top CriticDespite some really funny moments and good performances from LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union, Deliver Us From Eva ultimately fails to tip the scale from so-so to good.
02/07/03
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