Deliver Us
From Eva (2002)
comedy drama
directed
by : Gary Hardwick
featuring
: LL Cool J - Gabrielle Union - Duane Martin - Essence Atkins - Meagan
Good
running
time : 1 hour 45 minutes
Three men discover that meddling in their
sister-in-law's love life only makes their own lives more complicated in
this romantic comedy. Eva Dandridge (Gabrielle Union) developed a sense
of responsibility early on in life, when after the death of her parents
she was left to care for her three younger sisters, Kareenah (Essence Atkins),
Bethany (Robinne Lee), and Jacqui (Meagan Good). All four of the Dandridge
sisters have grown up to be attractive, intelligent, and successful; Kareenah
is happily married to Tim (Mel Jackson), while Bethany is engaged to Michael
(Duane Martin), and Jacqui is going steady with Darrell (Dartanyan Edmonds).
However, Eva still watches over her siblings like a hawk, and while her
sisters love Eva dearly, Tim, Michael, and Darrell wish their sister-in-law
would stay out of their business. The guys decide that if Eva had a boyfriend,
she might be less interested in running other people's lives, and they
turn to Ray (LL Cool J), a notorious ladies' man, for help. Ray is short
on cash, so the guys make him a deal -- they'll give him 5,000 dollars
to romance Eva, sweep her off her feet, and then dump her a few weeks later.
Ray agrees, and while getting past her no-nonsense demeanor takes some
doing, before long she's head over heels for him. However, Ray unexpectedly
finds himself falling in love with Eva, and Eva, when offered a job in
another town, decides to stay on to be with Ray. Even worse, the other
Dandridge sisters are so impressed with the romantic Ray that they start
demanding a bit more TLC from their own men.