Lapses into conventional romance and plodding exposition.
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02/07/03
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
Dawdles amiably and can't quite decide what it wants to be.
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
After the first hour, the joke frequency trails off.
02/07/03
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
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02/07/03
After awhile, a certain sameness settles over Deliver Us From Eva.
02/07/03
Gets you so close to these people that you truly wish them well.
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
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 CriticHardwick seems to lose focus once Ray and Eva start falling in love, rampantly pilfering from other films.
02/07/03
Deliver us from all the bad winter movies that say they're funny then deliver us with crap.
02/07/03
I absolutely fell in love with Eva.
02/06/03
Done right from beginning to end, crafted with meticulous care.
02/06/03
Works in large part because you actually care about what happens to the characters.
02/06/03
... 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
Brisk and funny -- imperious Eva is a priceless character -- and filled with crackling turns-of-phrase.
02/06/03
Flows smoothly, looks great and probably cost lots less than it looks.
02/06/03
Top CriticThe movie, whose subsidiary characters remain vague, is carried by the sharp comic performance of Ms. Union, a quick-witted actress who succeeds in imbuing Eva's priggishness and arrogance with a certain nobility.
02/06/03
Top CriticDeliver 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
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