The Even Stevens Movie (2003)

The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island that's halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the ... See full summary »

Director:

Sean McNamara

Writers:

Dennis Rinsler, Marc Warren

Stars:

Shia LaBeouf, Christy Carlson Romano, Donna Pescow

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shia LaBeouf	...	Louis Stevens
Christy Carlson Romano	...	Ren Stevens
Donna Pescow	...	Eileen Stevens
Tom Virtue	...	Steve Stevens
Nick Spano	...	Donnie Stevens
Steven Anthony Lawrence	...	Bernard 'Beans' Aranguren
Tim Meadows	...	Miles McDermott
A.J. Trauth	...	Alan Twitty
Margo Harshman	...	Tawny Dean
Dave Coulier	...	Lance LeBow
Keone Young	...	Chief Tuka
Lauren Frost	...	Ruby
Walker Howard	...	Laylo (as Howard Walker)
Josh Keaton	...	Mootai / Jason
George Anthony Bell	...	Principal Wexler

Storyline

The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island that's halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the Stevens family breaks apart in front of all their friends on live national television, while the island itself is only a short distance away from Sacramento!

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Plot Keywords:

disney channel original movie | movie in title | fictional reality show | reference to oprah winfrey | tv host | 

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Taglines:

Tells the story of how a family stops being polite and starts getting real.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney's Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 June 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Stevens Get Even

Filming Locations:

The Pink Motel & Cadillac Jack's Diner, 9457 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment, Disney Channel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ren's boyfriend, "Gil" was actually introduced in one of the last "Even Stevens" episodes "Surf's Up".

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Goofs

When Ren and Louis are fighting to get in the royal bedroom, Louis knocks off Ren's pineapple hat. In the next shot, the pineapple hat is still on her head.

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Quotes

Twitty: Tom?
Tom Gribalski: Ahoy, mateys! What brings you landlubbers down to the salty brine?
Twitty: Speak English, please?
Tom Gribalski: Oh, excuse me... Whass'up...?

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Connections

Spoofs Martha Stewart Living (1996)

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Soundtracks

Summertime
Performed by Aaron Carter featuring the Baha Men

User Reviews

The Auto Destruct Palace

Fans of the classic cinema and especially Bing Crosby might not have caught the resemblance between The Even Stevens Movie and Waikiki Wedding. But for me it was hard to miss.

The Even Stevens Movie is a final send off for one the Disney Studios popular teen comedies after they had completed their prerequisite three year run. The show made Shia LaBoeuf something of a name, though in his movie career since leaving the Magic Kingdom, he's been trying to live his image down. While there he even behaved in most UnDisneylike fashion.

The show consisted of the Stevens family of Sacramento with mom Donna Pescow both homemaker and State Senator and father Tom Virtue an attorney. They have three children; oldest Donnie (Nick Spano) a dumb jock, daughter Ren (Christy Carlson Romano)the straight A overachieving perfect kid, and classic screwup Louis played by Shia LaBoeuf. The family is offered a dream vacation by Tim Meadows on a tropic island almost too good to be true.

It is too good to be true because Meadows is the producer of a reality TV series and he orchestrates several incidents with the 'natives' and the wildlife. The Stevens family ends up living like Robinson Crusoe as primitive as can be, more primitive than the castaways and definitely more hostile to each other.

As for the Crosby film, that's the one where Bing stage manages an adventurous vacation for Shirley Ross where he's a pineapple company representative and she's Miss Pineapple USA. Of course Crosby and Ross got to sing a few songs and we also had the classic comedy of Martha Raye and Bob Burns.

No Crosby ballads in The Even Stevens Movie, the comedy ain't classic, but it does have some funny moments. Best one is when Shia LaBoeuf pulls what turns out to be a self destruct lever and the whole king's palace tumbles around him, all part of Meadows's machinations.

The Even Stevens Movie has some moments, but it's not anything to stay up nights for unless you're a big fan of the show.