Deliver Us from Eva | |
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Directed by | Gary Hardwick |
Written by | James Iver Mattson B. E. Brauner Gary Hardwick |
Produced by | Paddy Cullen Len Amato |
Starring | LL Cool J Gabrielle Union Duane Martin Essence Atkins Robinne Lee Meagan Good Mel Jackson Dartanyan Edmonds |
Cinematography | Alexander Gruszynski |
Edited by | Earl Watson |
Music by | Marcus Miller |
Distributed by | Focus Features |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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."