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Deliver Us from Eva

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Deliver Us from Eva reviews
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9.0 User Score:

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Based on 25 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Romance

Written by: James Iver Mattson (also story)
B.E. Brauner (also story)
Gary Hardwick

Directed by: Gary Hardwick

Release Date:
Theatrical: February 7, 2003
DVD: June 17, 2003

Running Time: 105 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for sex-related dialogue

Starring LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union, Duane Martin, Essence Atkins, Robinne Lee, Meagan Good, Mel Jackson, and Dartanyan Edmonds

A trio of men plot to free themselves from their mates' unattached and seemingly omnipresent older sister Eva (Union). (Focus Features)

What The Critics Said

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80

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Flows smoothly, looks great and probably cost lots less than it looks. One can't help resist saying it delivers the goods.

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75

Chicago Tribune Loren King

A welcome respite from verbal nastiness and sexual cynicism. It's nice to see characters who enjoy falling in love, even if it's to a schmaltzy light-soul score.

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75

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

Presents itself as a sassy twist on "Taming of a Shrew," but what looks like just another contrived sex comedy becomes, surprisingly, an insightful and sensitive look at knots that family ties create in adult romance.

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67

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

The film’s major drawback is the broad strokes with which the henpecked trio of males is presented -- they’re not quite caricatures, but their individual quirks feel as though they were cribbed from other, better films.

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63

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

It lands the characters in a shambles of farce, melodrama and forced chivalry. For all its promise and accomplishment, the screenplay, like Eva, needs a knight on a white horse.

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63

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

Lightweight, likable buppie romantic comedy.

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63

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Union is a brilliant spitfire, though one wishes the script had been run past an English major. But the movie's flaws are smoothed over by a rousing soundtrack, some excellent comic performances and the star-making moves of LL Cool J.

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60

Variety Joe Leydon

Well-cast relationship comedy-drama is played too broadly in the early going, but gradually settles into a more appealing groove as a glossy date-movie.

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60

TV Guide Frank Lovece

It would have been nice if Hardwick had a bigger budget for retakes to work out some of the supporting actors' stiffness, but he does keep the story moving, finding the humor in characters caught up in their own machinations rather than cheap wisecracks.

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60

LA Weekly Ernest Hardy

Hardwick doesn't have the chops yet to give the movie the caffeinated zip that it needs to really fly. There are too many dull, flat stretches…(however) the soundtrack kicks ass.

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50

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

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.

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50

New York Post Megan Lehmann

Scriptwriters behind Deliver Us From Eva obviously expended all their creative energy on the catchy title and then promptly ran out of steam.

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50

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

May be dumb, but it must be noted that the screenwriters of this slight, silly comedy have borrowed from the best.

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50

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen

In every way but one, this is just another genre pic on another mundane outing.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann

A not-insubstantial comedy.

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50

The New York Times Stephen Holden

If Deliver Us From Eva is amusing, it is not uproarious.

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50

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Deliver us from directors who think that asking cast members to overact is the only way he can cover us the numerous ludicrous weaknesses of his screenplay.

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50

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Dawdles amiably and can't quite decide what it wants to be.

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42

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Union, who looks so chic and can talk so bitchy-funny, doesn't so much establish a character as roll out a series of attitudes. That's all she's called on to do. That's all anyone is called on to do: Be very tame, and make much ado about zilch.

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40

Village Voice Laura Sinagra

As wrathful health inspector, possessed choir director, and general castrating angel, Union wrecks store with a slew of ass-chapping teardowns that would make Cam'ron curdle.

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38

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

Melvin Van Peebles wrote and directed the biting "Don't Play Us Cheap" 30 years ago to complain about racial stereotyping in films. But Hollywood never listened. It kept playing African -Americans cheap in mainstream comedies, whether the directors were white or black. Deliver Us From Eva -- is one of the worst recent offenders.

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30

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

So stale and complacent that it could be a rerun of "Love American Style."

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30

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

Not that there aren't funny moments in the film, but they're cobbled together so awkwardly that you'd never suspect the director had made a film before.

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30

Washington Post Desson Thomson

One-dimensional archetypes, too much predictability and not enough comedy.

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30

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Hardwick switches gears from wacky comedy to romantic drama about halfway through Deliver Us, but it's too late, and what follows is far too dull to make any difference.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Andrew S. gave it a9:
Although probably not a direct descendant of "The Taming of the Shrew" the way the equally hilarious "Smiles of a Summer Night" (Bergman) was of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this beautiful comedy ranks as high as that classic film for writing, acting and cinematography. I want to see a lot more of the brilliantly funny actors in this emsemble.

Cynthia S. gave it a 10:
This movie is the best movie ever. it's awesome. it's romantic funny everything a great movie needs!!!!

Jacquie P. gave it a 6:
Having seen 10 Things I Hate About You, this movie was a little too predictable for me. It also didn't really seem like Union's character and LL were dating that long, which made it hard for me to believe they were head over heels in love. Had some funny parts and a happy ending, but needed more character development.

Bee M. gave it a 10:
I respect this movie for it actually shows how diversed and personified African Americans can be yet in such a realistic unperfect yet humorous way. I enjoyed it. The actors played there roles well. People need to stop being so closed mined on the roles that they think African Americans are capable of achieving.

Belinda F. gave it a 10:
This movie was absolutely fantastic! Refreshing drama/comedy/love story! Gabrielle was totally awesome (Halle Berry ain't got nothing on you girl!). LL--- you were just superb (so nice to see you just being "Cool" like you are)! Every actress and actor in this movie did an outstanding job in portraying their unique characters. And of course, the excellent directorial skills gives this movie an easy 10. For the first time, I actually watched all the deleted clips and the behind the scenes footage. GREAT JOB!

D. Hunter gave it a 10:
Exceptional and exilerating - hands down top movie of the year.

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