Union and LL Cool J are an attractive couple and well matched here.
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02/08/03
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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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Reviews for Deliver Us From Eva
There's an easy, unforced feeling to much of this film, along with a strong soundtrack that mixes old and new school soul music.
02/08/03
Runs smoothly and likably until a maddeningly dumbed-down and cloying finale that sinks the entire film.
02/07/03
The story is predictable, but it's fun to watch Ray maneuver his way into the cold, hardened fortress that is Eva's heart.
02/07/03
Sharply observed moments, barbed commentary on the sexes, snap, energy, and appeal of its outstanding young cast and understated but affectionate glimpse of the commmnity.
02/07/03
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 CriticWhat is surprising is the engaging nature of the game as this fairly predictable routine plays out.
02/07/03
An occasionally amusing but frustrating, annoying and increasingly slipshod romantic comedy that never lives up to its potential, no matter however limited that might be.
02/07/03
Hardwick ... directs with energy and rhythm.
02/07/03
Top CriticIt's too bad that Union and Cool's scenes couldn't have been separated from the rest of the movie, which is predictable, flat and badly acted by the supporting cast.
02/07/03
Under Gary Hardwick's imprecise direction, Eva takes much too long to establish its premise.
02/07/03
The 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
Hardwick takes firm command of a script originally written with white people in mind and makes it hum with hip aggressiveness and glisten with boutique style.
02/07/03
Top CriticNoisy, sitcom-ish take on The Taming of the Shrew.
02/07/03
Problem 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
A by-the-numbers romantic comedy that, were it not for the fact that it's populated with African-Americans, would be completely generic.
02/07/03
The plot takes preposterous turns, and the story takes too long to give us characters to care about.
02/07/03
Top CriticDeliver 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
As frothy, sex-obsessed romantic comedies go, Deliver Us From Eva pretty much delivers the goods.
02/07/03
This urban-oriented romantic comedy is still a better, classier movie than any of us could have realistically expected it to be.
02/07/03
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