''The Even Stevens Movie'' is a 2003

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Even Stevens ''Even Stevens'' is an American comedy television series that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 17, 2000, to June 2, 2003, airing a total of 65 episodes over three seasons. It follows the life of the Stevens, a family living in subur ...

''. It premiered on June 13, 2003, serving as the

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. The movie drew an audience of 5.1 million viewers.

Plot

A mysterious man sorts through pictures of random families on a computer until he chooses the Stevens family. Meanwhile, Louis Stevens interrupts his older sister Ren's junior high graduation with a remote-controlled beachball meant to be full of

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, unaware that his sidekick Beans has filled it with

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, which spills on the school's gym teacher Coach Tugnut as the beachball explodes. The next day, Ren's aloof boyfriend Gil breaks up with her after taking a summer camp counselor job in Maine. She takes a job babysitting Beans get her mind off of him. After Ren and Louis get into a fight involving both the graduation and Louis' newest contraption (a modified lounge chair entitled the "Ultra Lounge-matic Super Chair") and accidentally hurt the mysterious man from the beginning, who introduces himself as Miles McDermott, he talks the Stevens family and Beans into going on a vacation, which is secretly the set of a new

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called ''Family Fakeout''. It is set on the fictional island of Mandelino, which in reality is Catalona, only a short distance off the California coast. Miles expresses resentment after he was fired from another, more popular reality show called ''Gotcha!''. The family is enthusiastically welcomed by a large ensemble of actors portraying island natives, but Louis accidentally destroys the sacred palace the family was meant to spend their vacation in, making the "natives" shun them. 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. Mootai is actually an actor named Jason who is supposed to romance Ren merely to boost ratings, but he is genuinely interested in her, and can't bring himself to break up with her when he is scripted to do so. Just before he's about to reveal the truth, the "native" actors improvise and kidnap Jason and claim Louis sold them out, leaving Ren vengeful. Louis' best friend Twitty and girlfriend Tawny come to the island to rescue them - Twitty expresses regret for notifying Miles and setting the Stevens family up. He is caught by the show's staff, but he escapes and shuts down the equipment monitoring the Stevens groups. Louis and Ren's older brother Donnie finds Tawny, and the reunited family learns the truth. They join Twitty and Tawny to stop Ren from killing Louis. Ren corners him on a cliff, and despite the protests of the family and Miles, who tells her the truth, she pushes Louis off to his apparent death, much to the viewers' and Miles' horror. As Miles breaks down in guilt, a helicopter appears with Louis safely in tow and Lance LeBow, the host of ''Gotcha!''. The Stevens family had planned this charade to get back at Miles. Lance informs Miles that he is no longer a host of his own show because of his torments. After sharing a laugh, the family chases Miles away. Louis tells Ren that, though he loves playing pranks on her, he would never do anything to hurt her. He then suggests she start a relationship with Jason back on the mainland. Jason apologizes to Ren for stringing her along, but she forgives him, understanding it was his job as an actor. Jason confesses that his feelings for her were real. After the family returns home, Beans (in a voiceover) gives a closing narration: Donnie started college, Mr. Stevens got a big job offer, Louis and Tawny are seen lounging on Louis' modified lounge chair (which needs more improvements), and both Ren and Jason officially became a couple and are inseparable. Beans then pops up to disrupt the Stephens dinner, leading to Ren and Louis argue about who let Beans in the house. The film ends with The Twitty-Stevens Connection singing "Dream Vacation" to clips from the movie and the cast joking around.

Cast

Shia LaBeouf Shia Saide LaBeouf (; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He played Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series ''Even Stevens'', a role for which he received Young Artist Award nominations in 2001 and ...

as Louis Stevens *

Christy Carlson Romano Christy Carlson Romano (born March 20, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Ren Stevens on ''Even Stevens'' and voicing the titular character from '' Kim Possible'', both of which aired on the Disney Channel. Early ...

as Ren Stevens * Donna Pescow as Eileen Stevens *

Tom Virtue Tom Virture (born November 19, 1957) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the television series ''Even Stevens'' (2000–2003) and ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' (often ...

as Steve Stevens *

Nick Spano Nicola Fortunato Spano (born March 16, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American acting coach and former actor. Spano is best known for his role as Donnie Stevens in the Disney Channel Original Series ''Even Stevens'' and Disney Channel O ...

as Donnie Stevens * Steven Anthony Lawrence as Bernard "Beans" Aranguren, Louis's young sidekick *

Tim Meadows Timothy Meadows (born February 5, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He was one of the longest-running cast members on ''Saturday Night Live'', where he appeared for ten seasons and for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy ...

as Miles McDermott, the host of ''Family Fakeout'' *

A.J. Trauth Andrew James "A. J." Trauth (born September 14, 1986) is an American actor and musician. Trauth is known for playing Alan Twitty on ''Even Stevens'' and Josh Mankey on ''Kim Possible'', both programs which aired on Disney Channel. Acting caree ...

as Alan Twitty, Louis's best friend *

Margo Harshman Margo Cathleen Harshman (born March 4, 1986) is an American actress known for the roles of series regular Tawny Dean on ''Even Stevens'', Sheldon Cooper's assistant Alex Jensen on ''The Big Bang Theory'', and Timothy McGee's wife Delilah Field ...

as Tawny Dean, Louis's girlfriend *

Fred Meyers Fred Leland Meyers (born August 8, 1983) is an American retired actor and paramedic. He is best known for his recurring role as Tom Gribalski in the Disney Channel original series ''Even Stevens'' and the follow-up Disney Channel original mov ...

as Tom Gribalski, Louis's intelligent friend *

Dave Coulier David Alan Coulier ( ; born September 21, 1959) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, and television host. He played Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom ''Full House'', voiced Peter Venkman on ''The Real Ghostbusters'', and voiced ...

as Lance LeBow, the host of ''Gotcha'' *

Keone Young Keone Joseph Young is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as Dr. Michael Kwan in ''Kay O'Brien'' (1986), Mr. Wu in '' Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and as the dual roles of Judge Robert Chong and Mr. Wan in ''The Young and th ...

as "Chief Tuka", an actor who portrays an island native leader *

Lauren Frost Lauren Allison Frost (born May 25, 1985) is an American actress and singer who is best known for her recurring role as Ruby Mendel in the hit Disney Channel Original Series ''Even Stevens'' and the follow-up Disney Channel Original Movie ''The E ...

as Ruby Mendel, one of Ren's friends * Kenya Williams as Monique Taylor, one of Ren's friends *

Jim Wise James M. Wise (born July 30, 1964) is an American actor, singer, writer and composer. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Coach Tugnut in the Disney Channel Original Series ''Even Stevens''. He is also known for his voice-over wo ...

as Coach Tugnut, Lawrence Junior High School's gym teacher * Eric “Ty” Hodges as Larry Beale, Ren's rival classmate * Walker Howard as "Laylo" / Patrick Green, an actor who portrays an island native and Donnie's former classmate *

Josh Keaton Joshua Luis Wiener (born February 8, 1979), known by his stage name Josh Keaton, is an American voice actor. He is known for his roles as Takashi 'Shiro' Shirogane in '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'', Spider-Man in various media in addition to ...

as "Mootai" / Jason Holdstead, an actor who portrays an island native * Kyle Gibson as Gil * George Anthony Bell as Principal Conrad Wexler, the head of Lawrence Junior High * Toni Dugan as Keith * Matthew Yang King as Scott * Daniele O’Loughlin as Brooke * Jody Howard as Cynthia Mills

Reception

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

Home media

''The Even Stevens Movie'' was released on

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and VHS on June 28, 2005 in Region 1 countries. The film is available for purchase on iTunes store in non- cropped Widescreen. As of November 12, 2019, the film, along with the series, are available to stream on Disney+

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