Absolutely the worst movie.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Enjoyable,Loved It I never got a chance to go see this movie when it hit the theaters. I rented it not knowing what to expect. After watching it on DVD, I can say that I would not have minded paying the price of the movie ticket to see this movie. It's not all that glamorous, but what it is is a nice feel-good, respectable movie. Gabrielle Union does a nice job playing a rude, obnoxious, man-hating sister by the name of Eva. At times she takes it over the top, but that's acting and that's what she gets paid to do. Eva is bent on taking care of her little sister's who all lean to her for advice instead of their men. The sister's love Eva and listen to her as if her word were the gospel. The men, on the other hand, hate her guts and want nothing more than to see her leave town. She often interferes with her sisters' relationships and makes it a point to drive her sisters' men crazy. So, in order to bring proper order to their respected relationships the men plot to get Eva out of their lives. Thus the need for Ray (LL Cool J). Ray is a smooth-talking playa with serious game. The men talk Ray into dating Eva to get her out of their lives. Ray agrees and thus the story begans with two people falling in love with each other that weren't supposed to fall in love. That's when things get messy for Ray and Eva. Some parts of the movie were a little outrageous and the ending was not the best, but all in all it was still a pretty good movie. I've read some of the reviews on this movie and other movies as well. My thing is that if you want real life situations, go watch a drama or a real life story. This is comedy...comedy's not supposed to be real. It's really an escape from reality. Don't we all need that right about now? Anyway, besides the ending, this movie was well done with the supporting actors doing a great job of playing out their respected roles. Furthermore, the women in this movie are pretty fine. Also, LL did a nice job playing Ray. I have a lot of respect for him as an actor. He didn't over play his part, but he made it believable.danceability-1, Amsterdam Holland

Mike, Tim and Darrell are fortunate men. Each of them has captured the heart of one of the fabulous Dandrige sisters – stunning black women from good genes. They only have one problem in their lives, which is domineering sister Eva, who is single and has always been the substitute parental figure in the lives of the family. Deciding that what Eva needs is a strong man to keep her out of their lives, the three turn to local playa, Ray, to win her over and get her out of the way.I didn't hold out high hopes for this film but I was pretty tired and a little "delicate" one day and I was looking on the TV for anything that would be really undemanding and easy to watch. As such this pretty much fitted the bill but, even with my low requirements it must be said that the film didn't bring anything in particular to the table. The opening hook is odd because it casts a serious tone over the first parts of the film (until you forget it) but at the same time you are also aware that it is not going to go the way that it suggests it will. What it does instead is deliver a story that can't decide if it wants to be a comedy with the usual hairdresser etc clichés or a more soppy romantic film. It tries to do both but doesn't manage to succeed at either – although probably not because of it trying to do these things so much as it just being fairly basic stuff. Its main problem is that it simply lacks real spark across the board. The romance doesn't fizz so much as just happen and the comedy is fairly unfunny for the most part and relies on the big broad caricatures doing what they do.The cast go along with this and make it happen. Union is undoubtedly very sexy but her performance here is weak. All she does is do a series of attitudes and it does feel like she is flicking a switch between them. Her mean streak isn't that much fun either as she pulls faces rather than having great lines. Cool J trades on his lick-lipping and tiny winks but doesn't convince as a person. OK so when he is a clichéd player then it works but this is a small part of the film and for the rest of it he is too basic. Martin, Jackson and Edmonds are far too obvious and one dimensional but at least Good, Lee and Atkins make for good eye-candy.Overall though Deliver Us from Eva has all the invention in the title and not in the film. The narrative is roundly bland and predictable while the romance and the comedy are both lacking in spark, leaving a film that is inoffensive but doesn't really do anything of particular note.

Yeah, this movie is kind of predictable. The ending could have been seen a mile away but I like this movie a lot. It was recommended to me by the same friend who recommended American History X to me. He wasn't wrong about that movie and he wasn't wrong here. I was skeptical about seeing Gabrielle Union(who is too fine for words) playing a feisty character but the movie was a lot better than the previews led me to believe.Story: 3 men who are constantly hen-pecked by their girlfriends' sister Eva hire a player named Raymond(played by LL Cool J) to date her so they can spend more time with their mates. Raymond ends up falling for Eva when he realizes that there is more to her than meets the eye.Gabrielle Union was perfect as the high-strung Eva. I never looked at her the same after this role until I watched the movie recently and saw that her character wasn't that bad. The people that really annoyed me were the black three stooges Mike, Tim and Darrell. I mean, kidnapping Raymond because his relationship was making theirs look bad was in bad taste. I know it's just a movie but that was pretty low what they did. I laughed a lot at Eva when her attitude changed around once she started to date Raymond. The scene where she was in the beauty salon after a night of passion with Raymond had me on the floor rolling. I know women tend to act funny after receiving great sex but man was she goofy. I'll admit that LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union made a great looking couple on screen. There is actually chemistry there and LL lends a certain charm to his character Raymond. I think we need to give LL a little more credit as an actor. When he did his first lead in Out Of Sync I laughed at him but now he's lot better. He was good in Edison Force, S.W.A.T., Deep Blue Sea, Kingdom Come and here in Deliver Us From Eva.Critic are being too hard on this movie. Of course it's predictable but what movie isn't these days. I wasn't checking my watch every minute so that has to be a good sign. It was pretty funny at times and it was sweet. As a retelling of Shakespeare's Taming Of The Shrew its pretty good. As a product of Black Cinema its one of the best romantic comedies of recent memory. There I said it.

At first I was cautious about seeing a "black" romantic comedy, that's speaking as a black man.However as the movie progressed I found the movie funny, witty which delivered good entertainment.The story/plot is nothing new and generally the script would equally work with "white" or any other "race/ethnic minority".For once "LL Cool J" acting wasn't (seemingly) wooden and was aptly suited to the part of being a "mack" who was "out-macked" by a foxy and intelligent lady.The ending of the movie in my opinion was disappointing as it was "surgary" but nevertheless I would wholeheartedly recommend the movie to anyone who has an open mind.