Deliver Us from Eva (2003)

Eva doesn't let her 3 sisters' men push them around. She's always butting in. How to pacify Eva? Find her a man. The men pay a playboy to be that man. The problem is - he falls in love with Eva.

Director:

Gary Hardwick

Writers:

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

Stars:

Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Essence Atkins

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:

woman | date | reference to william shakespeare | falling in love | baldness | 

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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 USA:

$7,100,000, 9 February 2003

Gross USA:

$17,573,594

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$17,573,594

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

Second Taming of the Shrew adaptation that Gabrielle Union is in. The first one was 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

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Goofs

In the fantasy scene where Eva is chopping off Tim's "parts", his flesh-toned boxers are visible

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Quotes

Ray: She's cute, but why's she scowling?
Darrell: That's her sexy smirk, brother.

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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 Mr. I. Magination: The Taming of the Shrew (1950)

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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

Not just another "black" movie

A nice normal movie that happens to have an all black cast. I don't feel it was a "black movie". Cultural idioms aside, anyone could relate to the language and themes of the movie. Nicely done. I feel Gabby U really performed well in her role...made me forget it was her. LL gave a great performance as well. The worst was the Royale as the gay guy...just not happening: He needed to be more flamboyant to be funny...the lo-key thing didn't work, though he had some otherwise funny lines....the director MUST've held him back, cause I've seem this guy in action before...he's as funny as anybody, if not funnier than most.

All said, I'll probably buy this one on DVD. I hope these types of movies continue to be made.

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