Deliver Us from Eva (2003)

Eva Dandridge is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their husbands. Her in-laws, who are tired of Eva interfering in their lives, decide to ... See full summary »

Director:

Gary Hardwick

Writers:

James Iver Mattson (story), B.E. Brauner (story),

Stars:

LL Cool J, Gabrielle Union, Duane Martin

4 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
LL Cool J	...	Raymond 'Ray' Adams (as James Todd Smith aka LL Cool J)
Gabrielle Union	...	Evangeline 'Eva' Dandrige
Duane Martin	...	Michael 'Mike'
Essence Atkins	...	Kareenah Dandrige
Robinne Lee	...	Bethany Dandrige
Meagan Good	...	Jacqui Dandrige
Mel Jackson	...	Timothy 'Tim'
Dartanyan Edmonds	...	Darrell
Kym Whitley	...	Ormandy
Royale Watkins	...	Telly
Matt Winston	...	Oscar
Ruben Paul	...	Rashaun
Dorian Gregory	...	Lucius Johnson
Kenya Moore	...	Renee Johnson
Yuri Brown	...	Cynda

Storyline

Eva Dandridge is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their husbands. Her in-laws, who are tired of Eva interfering in their lives, decide to set her up with someone so she can leave them alone. They end up paying Ray, the local "playboy," $5,000 to date her. The plan goes by smoothly, but troubles comes when Ray actually falls in love with Eva.

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Plot Keywords:

love | date | african american | sister sister relationship | falling in love | 

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Taglines:

Lead us into temptation, but...deliver us from Eva!!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sex-related dialogue

Details

Official Sites:

Focus Features

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Sógorok réme

Filming Locations:

Altadena, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$6,648,374 (USA) (7 February 2003)

Gross:

$17,334,912 (USA) (21 March 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Baltimore Spring Creek Productions, USA Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on "The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare.

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Goofs

The final scene, where Ray and Eva ride off on horseback is supposed to take place in Chicago, yet two Los Angeles County MTA buses are seen passing by.

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Quotes

Telly: [on the phone with his girlfriend] No, you can't come by here... because I'm pretending to be gay... because in L.A., a straight male hairdresser is an unemployed male hairdresser.

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Crazy Credits

After the end credits, there's a scene where the male hairdresser Telly talks on the phone with his girlfriend. He's only pretending to be gay.

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Connections

Version of Makacs Kata (1943)

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Soundtracks

"Excuses"
Written by Ginuwine and Kowan Paul
Performed by Ginuwine
Courtesy of Epic Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Cute

Besides the fact that I'm not all too fond of Megan Goode, the movie was fine. The acting seemed a little forced on the sisters' parts like they wanted more screen time. Gabby Union is finally coming into her own from being in the background of films so long. I'm proud of her. She was a little over zealous in tyring to be hard and cold, but altogether cemented the part. LL was ok, but it's hard to swallow the acting thing with him. I keep expecting him to break into one of his romantic rapping ballads. The other gentlemen were funny. Funny how Gabby Union was in Ten Things I Hate About You, and now she's in something similar as the lead. However, this is more serious in a sense and relative to other audiences. Not too bad. Cute movie.