Name: The Even Stevens Movie
Genre: TV Movie, Comedy, Family
Released: 2003-06-13
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Christy Carlson Romano, Donna Pescow, Tom Virtue, Nick Spano

The Even Stevens Movie

Dream vacation? Dream on.

The Stevens think that they've won an all-expenses-paid trip to an island halfway around the world. When their house is destroyed, their food stolen, and their bacon eaten, the Stevens family crumbles, unaware that their family vacation is in fact a hidden camera reality show!

TV MovieComedyFamily

DirectorSean McNamara

WritersDennis Rinsler, Marc Warren, Matt Dearborn

StatusReleased

LanguageEnglish

Release DateJune 13, 2003

Runtime1h 34m

Kamurai

@Kamurai

October 3, 20205/10

Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend except for hardcore "Even Stevens" fans. I specifically binged "Evens Stevens" for this, and the show, even dated, is much better than the movie. This is clearly designed to be an extended episode of the show, but dramatically fails in the pacing that the show was so good at. While I'm a big fan of Christy Carlson Romano, Shia LaBeouf is only a little less crazy than his adult self, and it is the introduction of Tim Meadows that is the big difference in the plot. A mix of "Stuck on an island", "Secret Reality Show", and "Disfunctional Family" tropes, it really is just a lot of "let's mess with this family" for most of the movie. They stray away from the traditional use of family values to exploit the infighting to a point where they act like they're thinking about eating one another. It's fun, but I can't imagine anyone who doesn't have history with this family are going to enjoy the movie.