#MOVIE DELIVER US FROM EVA CAST MOVIE#

I also didn't think the few stereotypes shown in the movie were all that off mark-let's face it, men are dogs and women do hang out and tear them down on a regular basis. I didn't care that the movie centered almost exclusively on Black people-people are people in my book-and I don't think that was one of the criticisms the movie received. I've watched it three times in the last few days, once with the commentary, and my opinion holds fast. Okay, I stated earlier that I liked the movie and that I was in a minority in that regard. Can Ray win over Eva? Can he keep her if he does? Considering the movie starts off with him narrating 'from the grave', one shouldn't expect too much but it's all good in the end. Ray, a player who could sell ice cubes to Eskimos, accepts their money since Eva is a challenge, even to a skilled lover like himself. That she is also beautiful, intelligent, and lacking in the social graces makes her invulnerable to attack from the husbands/boyfriend who consider her meddling the primary thing standing in their way to enjoying eternal happiness with their lovely, but Eva influenced, wives. Eva is a headstrong, ruthless leader of her family who will not allow her sisters to settle for second best. The movie is an updated version of Taming of the Shrew that focuses on a young woman, Eva (Gabrielle Union), who is the center of her 3 sisters lives as well as of their boyfriends/husband's ire, and a young man, Ray (LL Cool J), who is hired to seduce her. Having received a critically panned movie, Deliver Us From Eva, that you'd have missed in theatres if you blinked a few months ago for a review, I sat back in my reviewer's chair with that foreboding you get when you 'know' you're about to watch a lame movie.

I've lost count of the number of movies I've watched that use old Bill's basic story, many of them being highly derivative of one another, and provide nothing new to the equation. One of his most popular plays was Taming of the Shrew which has been a standard in theatres and the basis for many movies/television shows over the years. He understood the subtleties of the human condition better than most people in the history of the written language. If only the third act didn't revolve around a plot contrivance that the characters would need to take idiot pills to believe, Deliver Us From Eva might be better than just a good addition to its genre.Movie: It's well accepted that William Shakespeare was one of, if not THE best, writer of all time. (And if you stay through the credits, there's a revelation about one of these characters that undercuts Hardwick's apparent enlightenment). The film recognizes what works in other films, perhaps to a fault - it goes outside its basic relationship structure to cop a few vicarious good vibes from Barbershop, as the sisters meet in a salon and interact with its eccentric denizens for no real plot reason. What keeps the film basically subtle is that it illustrates the characters' various stumbling blocks without resorting to ridiculous set pieces or insulting caricatures.

Hardwick also oversees a winning rapport between Union and LL Cool J, whose own less-than-ideal character - a mercenary player - indicates Hardwick's interest in seeing both genders get their comeuppance. But at least there's a warm comedic core to Gabrielle Union's portrayal of the uncompromising health inspector, which features some great facial expressions and sharp-tongued rants, and Hardwick makes sure he eventually reveals the reasons behind her rigidity.

Writer/director Gary Hardwick does revisit some of the mild misogyny of his debut, The Brothers, in the person of Eva Dandridge, a domineering shrew who makes life hell for the boyfriends/husbands of her three sisters. More than just a clever title, the intelligent Deliver Us From Eva delivers the goods for those in search of an African-American relationship comedy.

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