Teen Beach Movie

Teen Beach Movie
Television release poster
Genre	Musical,Teen
Screenplay by	Vince Marcello Mark Landry Robert Horn
Story by	Vince Marcello Mark Landry
Directed by	Jeffrey Hornaday
Starring	Ross Lynch Maia Mitchell Grace Phipps Garrett Clayton Jordan Fisher John Deluca Chrissie Fit Kevin Chamberlin Steve Valentine
Theme music composer	David Lawrence
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Robert F. Phillips
Editor(s)	David Finfer
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Running time	95 minutes
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Budget	$8 million[1]
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Original release	July 19, 2013
Chronology
Followed by	Teen Beach 2

Teen Beach Movie is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered July 19, 2013 on Disney Channel, starring Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell. The movie was filmed in Puerto Rico.^[1][2][3] It was the only Disney Channel movie premiering in 2013.

A sequel titled Teen Beach 2, premiered on June 26, 2015.

Plot

Brady (Ross Lynch) and Mack (Maia Mitchell), are surfing together at a beach near McKenzie's grandfather's beach hut. Mack walks in on her grandfather and Brady watching their favorite film Wet Side Story, where bikers and surfers battle for which gang gets the privilege to hang out at Big Momma's. Brady later learns that Mack made a promise to her aunt that after her mother died she would attend a private school and they are to leave the next day. Mack asserts that although going is her choice, she feels it is what she has to do, since it's what her mom would want. She sadly tells Brady they will have to break up.

Before Mack leaves, she decides to surf a 40-foot wave that is about to hit the beach. Alarmed, Brady gets on a jet ski and goes after Mack, who is still in the ocean. Mack and Brady end up getting swept away and eventually end up on another beach. They soon realize they have been swept inside Brady's favorite movie "Wet Side Story". Eager to seize the moment, Brady joins the original cast in singing ("Surf Crazy"), to Mack's dismay. Brady relents and informs Mack that there will be a storm and giant wave that should bring them back home at the end of the movie. They go into Big Momma's, the movie's diner and hangout and introduce themselves to the surfers just before the bikers appear and start the surf and turf war ("Cruisin' for a Bruisin'"). After, Mack and Brady are invited by surfers to come to a party at Big Momma's later that night. Just then, their clothing is suddenly changed to fit the movie and Mack's surfboard appears nearby them.

That evening during a dance in Big Momma's where Lela (Grace Phipps) is performing ("Falling for Ya"), Mack and Brady are arguing when they suddenly change the movie when the movie's lead man, Tanner (Garrett Clayton), falls in love with Mack after she bumps into him and Brady catches the lead girl, Lela when she falls off the stage. This interferes with the movie's plot, in which Lela falls into Tanner's arms, not Brady's. Brady and Mack decide to make Tanner and Lela fall in love to fix things. Brady also tells Mack about the villains of the film, Les Camembert (Steve Valentine) and Dr. Fusion (Kevin Chamberlin), who are going to try to affect the weather to make the surfers and bikers leave so they can control Big Momma's and turn it into a beach resort.

Brady, Mack, Tanner and Lela all attend to their dates ("Meant to Be"), where Lela and Tanner express their love for Brady and Mack, while Mack and Brady subtly suggest to them that there may be someone else they are really meant to be with. That night Mack joins Lela and the other biker girls for a sleepover, while Brady hangs out with Tanner and the surfer boys at Big Momma's. While talking about love and girls, Mack and Brady's modern relationship views conflict with the 60's views ("Like Me"). The next morning, biker-dressed Mack and surfer-dressed Brady meet and discuss how they are not having any success. Later that night, Lela tells Mack that she actually would like to surf.

Mack and Brady each have Lela and Tanner walk down the beach in opposite directions, Mack goes to talk to Brady. However, Les' plan isn't their only concern as they realize they are morphing into the movie when Mack falls into shallow water her hair does not get wet and begin to burst into song ("Can't Stop Singing"). After the song Mack and Brady are captured by Les Camembert and Dr. Fusion and taken to the villains' lighthouse lair.

Lela and Tanner fall in love with each other ("Meant to Be (Reprise 1)") and soon realize that their friends have been kidnapped by Les and Dr. Fusion. They go to Big Momma's and convince the bikers and surfers to team up and save Mack and Brady. Meanwhile, Mack and Brady talk, Mack finally admits that she is glad that she ended up in the movie and does not to attend private school. When Mack believes that Lela is braver than her, Brady denies that, saying that Mack is the bravest girl he knows ("Meant to Be (Reprise 2)").

The surfers and bikers free Mack and Brady and destroy the machine that the villains made. The movie's plot returns to normal and Mack and Brady realize they are able to return home. After saying goodbye to everyone, Mack and Brady get on the surfboard and ride a wave, which sends them back to the real world, where no time has passed since they left. The 40-foot wave Mack was looking forward to is still about to approach her.

Brady allows Mack to surf the giant wave and she successfully does and safely returns to shore. Her aunt appears, upset about Mack delaying their flight but Mack decides to spend the rest of the year on the beach with Brady. Her aunt accepts her decision and the film ends with Brady and Mack celebrating on the beach ("Surf's Up").

In a post-credits scene, Lela, Tanner, Butchy, Cheechee, Seacat, Giggles and Struts wash up into the real world. A modern day surfer thinks they're lost and allows them to use his cell phone, which they marvel at as they try to use it.

Cast

Production

The script was written by Vince Marcello, Mark Landry and Robert Horn, from a story by Marcello and Landry. Pre-production of the film began in January 2012. Teen Beach Movie is the third DCOM filmed in Puerto Rico, the first two being Princess Protection Program and Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie. On March 28, 2012, local Puerto Rican press covered part of the filming, which took place in the island. Most beach scenes took place in Fajardo in the east coast of the island, while indoor scenes, such as McKenzie's bedroom, a diner-style restaurant, with plenty of room for the dance numbers, and a kitchen, where filmed inside an undisclosed warehouse in Bayamón. At the time, the film was titled Teen Beach Musical.^[1]

Mariella Pérez Serrano, the then-executive director of the Puerto Rico Film Corporation and Carlos Aníbal Vázquez, Unit Production Manager, were the main responsible for the local production of this film. "The film industry relies heavily on trust and recommendations for the work they do. It is also important to know the professionals working in the field to personally promote Puerto Rico as a destination for filming", said Pérez Serrano. She also said that Disney spent about eight million dollars in Puerto Rico to film this production.^[1]

"We filmed the outdoor scenes in Fajardo", revealed Vázquez. One of Puerto Rico's lead newspapers, Primera Hora, knew, moreover, that the cast of the musical filmed in the beach house of the then-Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño. The film's soundtrack features ten original songs composed in rhythms of surf rock, Motown R&B, rockabilly and pop.^[1][2]

Teen Beach Movie was the only Disney Channel Original Movie that was released in 2013.

Annette Funicello film dedication

Before the opening credits, The premiere of the film contained a memorial to beach party film star Annette Funicello (who died on April 8, 2013), which read "In memory of Disney Legend Annette Funicello, the world's most beloved beach movie star."

Reception

Critical reception

Teen Beach Movie received generally favourable reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 86% approval rating^[4] based on 7 reviews, while Metacritic reported a score of 54 based on 6 reviews.^[5] Entertainment Weekly gave the movie a C grade, saying "The good news? Two tunes in this attempt to reverse-engineer a new High School Musical are decent...But the rest is dull as sand."^[6] Brian Lowry from Variety wrote, "It’s too bad the makers didn’t do a slightly better job casting the key roles, but taken on its own terms the (overlong) 95-minute Disney Channel original plays like a brightly colored beach blanket, albeit one that’s a little rough around its sandy edges."^[7]

Ratings

The premiere in the United Kingdom had 597,000 viewers.^[8] The United States premiere just hours later received 8.4 million viewers during its first airing and 13.5 million viewers in L+7, becoming the second-highest rated Disney Channel Original Movie.^[9][10] The Dance Along version on July 27, 2013 garnered 3.7 million viewers.^[11] In Canada, the movie delivered 818,000 viewers.^[12] The Australian premiere had 113,000 viewers.^[13]

Broadcast

The movie originally premiered on July 19, 2013 in the United States,^[14] Canada,^[15] the UK, and Ireland^[14] on Disney Channel. It premiered on August 4, 2013 in Southeast Asia^[16] and on August 9, 2013 in Australia and New Zealand,^[17] both on Disney Channel.

DVD release

The film was released on DVD on July 30, 2013 in North America, on August 19, 2013 in the UK and Ireland, and on August 21, 2013 in Australia and New Zealand.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on July 15, 2013. The album was the fourth best-selling soundtrack of 2013 in the United States with 407,000 copies sold for the year.^[18] The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart.^[19] As of July 2015, it has sold 462,000 copies in the United States.^[20]

Track listing

Sequel

On April 27, 2014, a sequel, Teen Beach 2 was announced as slated to premiere in 2015 on Disney Channel, with production set for July 2014 in Puerto Rico.^[21] Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Grace Phipps, Garrett Clayton and John DeLuca reprised their roles in the sequel.^[22] The remaining actors who portray the bikers and surfers, Jordan Fisher, Chrissie Fit, William Loftis, Kent Boyd, Jessica Lee Keller and Mollee Gray, are also confirmed to return for the sequel.^[23] The sequel revolves around the characters from Wet Side Story after the first film's post-credits scene, when they were transported into the real world. Teen Beach 2 premiered June 26, 2015 with 7.5 million viewers.

References

External links

• Official website
• Teen Beach Movie at the Internet Movie Database
• Teen Beach Movie at Rotten Tomatoes
• Teen Beach Movie on Facebook