The Even Stevens Movie

The Even Stevens Movie
Promotional poster
Based on Even Stevens
by Matt Dearborn
Written by Dennis Rinsler
Marc Warren
Directed by Sean McNamara
Starring Shia LaBeouf
Christy Carlson Romano
Donna Pescow
Tom Virtue
Nick Spano
Steven Anthony Lawrence
Tim Meadows
Theme music composer Mark Mothersbaugh
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Stacey Kosier Box
David Grace
Cinematography Christian Sebaldt
Editor(s) Gregory Hobson
Running time 93 minutes
Production company(s) Brookwell McNamara Entertainment
Distributor Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release
Original network Disney Channel
Original release June 13, 2003 (2003-06-13)
Chronology
Preceded by Even Stevens (2000-2003)

The Even Stevens Movie is a 2003 American Disney Channel Original Movie that is based on the Disney Channel Original Series Even Stevens. It premiered on June 13, 2003, serving as the series finale. The movie drew an audience of 5.1 million viewers.

Plot

Louis ruins Ren's junior high graduation after he plays a prank on Coach Tugnut. Meanwhile, Gil breaks up with Ren, so she takes a job babysitting Beans. After Ren and Louis get into a fight and accidentally hurt Miles McDermott, he talks the Stevenses and Beans into going on a vacation, which is the set of a new reality TV show called Family Fake Out. It is set on the fictional island of Mandelino, which is only a short distance off the California coast.

Louis accidentally destroys the house they were meant to live in, making the island's natives shun them and forcing them to live on their own. The family separates into two groups pitted against each other. Both groups encounter various situations, such as facing starvation and a "killer squirrel." Ren seeks solace with a native named Mootai and they fall in love. He's an actor named Jason who is supposed to fall in love with her to boost ratings, but he is genuinely interested in her.

Louis' best friends, Twitty and Tawny, come to the island to rescue them. Twitty is caught by the show's staff, but he escapes and shuts down the equipment monitoring the Stevens groups. Louis' older brother Donnie finds Tawny, and the newly-reconstituted family comes together and learns the truth. They unite with Twitty and Tawny to stop Ren from killing Louis, because she believes he sold her and her new boyfriend out after being told by one of the island's natives. Ren corners him on a cliff, and despite the protests of the family and Miles McDermott, the show's host, who tells her the truth, she pushes him off to his apparent death, much to the viewers' and Miles' horror.

As Miles breaks down in guilt, a helicopter from another reality show, "Gotcha", appears and says that Louis is safe and that the Stevenses had tricked Miles; they planned a charade to get back at him for what he had done to them. The family chases Miles away to punish him for all of his torment.

Louis tells Ren that as his sister, he loves messing with her, but he would never do anything to hurt her. He then suggests she start a relationship with Jason back on the mainland. Jason comes and apologizes to Ren for stringing her along, but Ren forgives him and says she understood he was just doing his job as an actor. Jason confesses that when he told her he loved her, he wasn't acting and his feelings were real. After the family returns home and Beans pops up to disrupt their dinner yet again, Ren and Louis argue about who let Beans in the house. The movie ends with The Twitty Stevens Connection singing "Dream Vacation."

Cast

Reception

The Even Stevens Movie was the most-watched cable program on June 13, 2003, including dominating among kids 6–11 and tweens 9–14, and drawing 5.1 million total viewers.[1]

VHS and DVD release

The Even Stevens Movie was released on DVD and VHS on June 28, 2005 in Region 1 countries.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rick Kissell (June 17, 2003). "NBA Finals don't awe". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
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