| The Even Stevens Movie | |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
| Directed by | Sean McNamara |
| Produced by | David Brookwell (executive) Sean McNamara (executive) Dennis Rinsler (executive) Marc Warren (executive) Stacey Korsier Box David Grace |
| Written by | Dennis Rinsler Marc Warren |
| Based on | Even Stevens by Matt Dearborn |
| Starring | Shia LaBeouf Christy Carlson Romano Donna Pescow Tom Virtue Nick Spano Steven Anthony Lawrence and Tim Meadows |
| Music by | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography | Christian Sebaldt |
| Editing by | Gregory Hobson |
| Production company | Brookwell McNamara Entertainment |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | Disney Channel |
| Release date | June 13, 2003 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Preceded by | Even Stevens |
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.
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After the graduation had been disrupted by Louis and Beans, the Stevens family are tricked into going on a "vacation" which turns out to be the set of a new reality tv show called Family Fake Out, which all of their hometown friends are watching them back in Sacramento. It is set on the fictional island of Mandelino, which, however exotic the producers make it up to be, is really only a short distance off the California coast.
When they first arrived on the island via Beaver floatplane, Louis was tricked into destroying the house they were meant to live in, thus making the islanders shun them and forcing the Stevens to live on their own. The family eventually separates into two groups pitted against each other.
Eventually, Louis' friends Twitty and Tawny make their way to the island, to rescue the Stevens and (in Twitty's case) to make up for betraying them, as he was the one who sold the family out to the show. Twitty is caught by the Family Fake-Out staff though he manages to escape and shuts down the equipment monitoring the Stevens' groups. Meanwhile, Donnie (the oldest Stevens' son) finds Tawny (although suffering from a little bit of amnesia, from getting hit on the head by a coconut upon her arrival), and the newly-reconstituted family finally comes together and learns the truth. They unite with Twitty to stop Ren from killing Louis, because she believes he sold her and her boyfriend out. Ren corners him on a cliff, and despite the protests of the family and Miles McDermot, the show's host who tells her the truth, she pushes him off to his apparent death, much to the viewers' shock.
As Miles breaks down in guilt, a Bell 206 helicopter from another reality show called Gotcha (a show that Miles was the producer for before he was fired) appears and reveals that Louis is safe and that the Stevens family had tricked Miles - Louis had fallen into a net held by Tawny and Twitty. The family had managed to find Ren and Louis (him having been chased into a tree) and after some persistent convincing she and Louis teamed up together to get revenge on Miles for his actions.
Later the family returns home and Ren, following Louis' advice, starts dating the actor who played the part of the boy she'd liked on the island. The film concludes with a voiceover by Beans explaining what happened to everyone afterwards, (i.e. Donnie attending college, Steve returning to work) as Beans pops up at the Stevens' dinner to disrupt it yet again.
The movie received a mixed reception from critics.
The Even Stevens Movie was released on DVD June 28, 2005.
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