However, when he runs into Eva while at work delivering meat to local restaurants they make amends and begin a relationship. Little do they know Eva has already been offered a new job in Chicago.Īfter a disastrous first date, Ray tells the guys that Eva is too difficult for even him to handle and offers to return their money. The guys hire Ray to seduce Eva and convince her to move away with him so they can finally be free of her meddling. Ray is a "Master Player" who can handle even the most difficult women. While the significant others are out at a bar complaining about how interfering Eva is, they come across Mike's old friend Ray Adams. As a result of the combination of her personality and her family's circumstances, Eva's level of involvement in her sisters' lives causes a high level of tension between her and her sisters' significant others (Mike, Tim, and Darrell, respectively). She and her sisters-Kareenah, Bethany, and Jacqui-have been taking care of each other since their parents died when they were young. The Miami Herald's Connie Ogle said that the film " may be dumb, but it must be noted that the screenwriters of this slight, silly comedy have borrowed from the best.Evangeline (Eva for short) Dandridge works for The Los Angeles Health Department as an inspector, a job most suitable for her bossy and perfectionist nature. The Boston Globe's Ty Burr said the film " dawdles amiably and can't quite decide what it wants to be." The New York Post said, " Scriptwriters behind Deliver Us From Eva obviously expended all their creative energy on the catchy title and then promptly ran out of steam." Roger Ebert said the film " 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." Loren King from the Chicago Tribune called the film " a welcome respite from verbal nastiness and sexual cynicism". "Deliver Us From Eva" received moderate, mixed reviews from critics. It closed in theaters on after 14.4 weeks. box office, grossing $6,648,374 during its opening weekend. "Deliver Us From Eva" opened at #6 in the U.S.
The film was filmed in Los Angeles and Altadena, California. Gabrielle Union as Evangeline "Eva" Dandrige.LL Cool J as Raymond "Ray" Adams (cast by his real name, James Todd Smith).In order to stop her meddling, Eva's in-laws hire a man named Ray (LL Cool J) to date her for $5,000, but the plan takes a turn when Ray actually starts falling in love with Eva. The film is about a woman named Eva (Gabrielle Union) who constantly interferes in the lives of her sisters and their husbands.
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