Deliver Us from Eva

Deliver Us from Eva
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGary Hardwick
Written byJames Iver Mattson
B. E. Brauner
Gary Hardwick
Produced byPaddy Cullen
Len Amato
StarringLL Cool J
Gabrielle Union
Duane Martin
Essence Atkins
Robinne Lee
Meagan Good
Mel Jackson
Dartanyan Edmonds
CinematographyAlexander Gruszynski
Edited byEarl Watson
Music byMarcus Miller
Distributed byFocus Features
Release date
  • February 7, 2003 (2003-02-07)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$17.6 million

Deliver Us from Eva is a 2003 American romantic comedy film starring LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union, revolving around LL's character Ray being paid to date a troublesome young lady named Eva (Union). It is considered by many as a modern update of William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew.[1] It was released to the US theaters on February 7, 2003 by Focus Features, and also stars Essence Atkins, Duane Martin, and Mel Jackson.

The title is a play on a line of the Lord's Prayer: "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."

  1. ^ Jess-Cook, Carolyn (2006). "Screening the McShakespeare in Post-Millennial Shakespeare Cinema". In Thornton Burnett, Mark; Wray, Ramona (eds.). Screening Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 9780748623518.