He made her open up in ways I don’t think she ever has before. Eva’s never been like this with any other man. It’s a very misogynistic script until about the last act, and there were moments I was like, what am I watching? But when it comes to the love we saw between Eva and Ray, I liked their dynamic. I know it’s based on The Taming Of The Shrew, but Eva is the epitome of a shrill stereotype of a workaholic uptight woman she cares about her career and is responsible, so therefore she has a stick up her ass and is the bane of all men’s existence.
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Clearly, this movie was written and directed by men. KNB: OK, this is my first time watching this movie, and I just have to say that I hated Eva at first. I’m going to send you gifts and tell you I’m sorry until you understand that I will not live without you.” The speech (albeit a little creepy) works, the couple makes out in the middle of the street, and rides off into the Chicago sunset on horseback. I’m going to show up at your job every day. “Now you listen to me,” he says urgently, while Eva pets her new horse, and a crowd has formed around them. Ray quit his job, is moving to Chicago, and he bought her the horse he rode in on.
He rides into her new workplace in Chicago on a horse (not a metaphor for this Prince Charming-ass gesture - he literally rides in on a horse) and declares his love. The film’s final scene is Ray’s grand attempt at winning Eva back. The problem? Ray caught feelings, and after he breaks his way out of the basement the brothers locked him in (seriously, these three are the most trash men in cinematic history), he confesses the truth to Eva at his own fake funeral. Until the brothers’ despicable plan, Ray and Eva are happily dating, Eva none the wiser than their relationship started with deception: Ray only dated her to collect $5,000 and drive her out of town. The Scene: Eva’s brothers-in-law have faked Ray’s death, hoping to force their annoying sister-in-law out of their lives for good by getting Ray out of the picture so she can accept a job offer in Chicago.
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It’s the power of Union and Cool J as a pair that pushes the movie from a standard early 2000s comedy full of jokes that don’t hold up and cardboard female characters to a watchable, fun romance that proved these stars were born to fall in love onscreen. Directed and co-written by Gary Hardwick, the film is a twist on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and features a notable supporting cast - including Essence Atkins, Robinne Lee, and Meagan Good as Eva’s sisters - that, along with Union and LL Cool J, elevate a shaky script and predictable punchlines. Respectively, they play Eva, an uptight meddling older sister and hard ass restaurant inspector, and Ray, the hotshot player that Eva’s brothers-in-law hire to date her in order to get her out of their lives. It was Union’s first lead role in a romantic comedy (until then, she’d perfected playing meangirl sidekicks or scheming sidepieces) and LL’s most mainstream foray into the genre (long before he’d woo us and Queen Latifah in Last Holiday and after he was rap’s reigning ladies man).
Twenty years ago, in February 2003, the comedy starring Gabrielle Union and LL Cool J hit theaters, aiming to capture a romance-hungry Valentine’s Day audience and cement its place in the Black rom-com canon. but the plan goes awry.Deliver Us From Eva turns 20 this month.
So they concoct a simple plan: compensate cash strapped ladies' man Ray Adams (LL Cool J) to romance and distract Eva from her familial duties. The men would like to close out and divide up the family trust fund that Eva oversees. Eva's uncanny ability to interfere in her sisters' affairs has not endeared her to their spouses and partners. Eva has been in charge of her younger sisters ever since their parents died, many years ago.
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