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.
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03/25/03
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Comedies
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
Reviews for Deliver Us From Eva
... what looks like just another contrived sex comedy becomes, surprisingly, an insightful and sensitive look at knots that family ties create in adult romance.
02/06/03
It'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
Works in large part because you actually care about what happens to the characters.
02/06/03
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
(Features) the same tiresome, misogynistic so-called happy-ending in which women forgive...men for acting unforgivably stupid and take them back. Awww, ain't that romantic?
02/06/03
Union's performance is, unfortunately, even more insufferable than the character of Eva is supposed to be.
02/06/03
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
Only LL Cool J's considerable charisma keeps this from completely sinking.
02/19/03
Deliver Us From Eva is a funny romantic comedy with the message that we must never drive difficult people away since they have come into our lives to teach us something important about ourselves.
02/06/03
Dawdles amiably and can't quite decide what it wants to be.
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
Despite 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
A lot more fun than its title implies.
02/09/03
Deliver us from all the bad winter movies that say they're funny then deliver us with crap.
02/07/03
Another romantic comedy in which the actors may be more appealing than the story that supports them, a fluffy affair that suffers occasional bouts of brittle writing, an excess of formula thinking and a few outright miscues.
02/07/03
The cast is charming and capable enough, but they are wasted in thinly sketched roles trapped in toothless comedy.
02/06/03
It proceeds so deliberately from one plot point to the next that we want to stand next to the camera, holding up cards upon which we have lettered clues and suggestions.
02/07/03
Top CriticThere'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
What is surprising is the engaging nature of the game as this fairly predictable routine plays out.
02/07/03
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