Deliver Us from Eva (2003)

Director:

Gary Hardwick

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Eva Dandridge is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their husbands...

Plot Keywords:

Date | Love | Marriage Proposal | Sensuality | Mayor

Awards:

4 wins & 10 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

MPAA:

Rated R for sex-related dialogue.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG | USA:R (certificate #38993) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Altadena, California, USA

Company:

Baltimore Spring Creek Productions

Trivia:

At the film's end, as the two characters are riding off into the sunset, we see the Chicago skyscrapers (Sears Tower, etc.) looming above. The skyscrapers were superimposed over downtown Los Angeles.

Goofs:

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

Quotes:

Ormandy: [to the deliver guy at the hair salon] I need a real man Not a child or a boy Give me a hard rock Not a soft little toy You think women are hard You thick we're evil and mean Well I think maybe you don't need us
Telly: Maybe you on the wrong team
Ormandy: So I need a real man And my standards are high Don't like what you just heard Then you need not apply

Soundtrack:

You're All I Need to Get By

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.