Love Wrecked

Infobox Film
name = Love Wrecked


caption = Teaser poster for the film.
director = Randal Kleiser
writer = Stephen Langford
starring = Amanda Bynes
Chris Carmack
Jonathan Bennett
Jamie-Lynn Discala
producer = Lance Bass
Joe Anderson
Tracey Cuesta
Wendy Thorlakson
Sammy Lee
distributor = The Weinstein Company
budget = $15,000,000 (U.S.)
released = January 21, 2007 (U.S. television)
May 18, 2007 (UK)
runtime = 86 mins.
language = English
imdb_id = 0409011
preceded_by =
followed_by =
Infobox movie certificates
United_States = PG
United_Kingdom = PG
Finland = K-7
Malaysia = U
Germany = 12
Australia = PG
Singapore = PG

"Love Wrecked" (also known as "Temptation Island"cite web | url=http://www.popcorn.dk/film/t/t250.html| title="Lovewrecked" titled "Temptation Island" internationally| publisher=Popcorn.dk | accessdate=2007-05-17] ), is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Randal Kleiser and starring Amanda Bynes. It was originally produced as a feature film by Media 8 Entertainment, but ended up as an ABC Family television film. The Weinstein Company purchased the rights from Media 8 and, after several attempts at theatrical distribution in the U.S., finally sold the TV rights to the ABC Family Channel. The film premiered on television on January 21, 2007.cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/movies/film/44/2944/summary.php|title="Lovewrecked" TV rights sold to ABC Family|publisher=Movie Web|accessdate=2008-02-06] It is an adventurous romantic comedy about a girl getting stranded with a rock idol on a beach in the Caribbean.

Plot

Jenny Taylor (played by Amanda Bynes) has found her ideal man who she just knows would sweep her off her feet. The only problem? He's Jason Masters (Chris Carmack), the world's biggest rock star. Hoping for a chance to get close to her idol, Jenny takes a job in his favorite Caribbean resort in st.luchas with Ryan Jonathan Bennett. When Jason is washed overboard in a storm, Jenny jumps in to save him and the pair find themselves stranded on a seemingly-deserted tropical island. Jenny discovers that they have landed mere miles away from the resort, but instead of telling Jason the truth she lets him believe they are stranded so she can make him fall in love with her. After she discovers her plan, her arch-rival Alexis (Jamie-Lynn Discala) pretends to be marooned as well. As Jenny's plans fall apart, she begins to realize that her perfect love may have been with her all along.While Ryan had been helping her by giving her things to survive on the island(like food and makeup.etc),his friend gives him advice on how to woo Jenny since he is in love with her.he totally transforms himself and when she see's him,all she talks about is Jason.Ryan starts to feel bad and starts to leave,but he stops the csr midway,gets off and kisses her.he tells her they are perfect together,but jenny tells him that they are just friends.Upon hearing this,he feels bad and leaves her standing alone as he gets into the car and tells her that he is going back home.she feels bad and goes and tells jason everything(on the other side of the island)and he promises to sue her before leaving.She was still on the other side of the island when Ryan was beginning to pack his things and go back home when the resort gets news that a storm is going to hit st.luchas on the side where Jenny is.unknown about the news,jenny is sitting on a branch when the storm hits.upon hearing about the storm,he rushes onto the other side to save her.when he reaches there,the storm has already hit,he takes her into the jungle seperating the resort and the beachand lights a fire and keeps her warm.at tis time she realizes that he is the one that cares for her the most.she comes back to the resort with Ryan after the storm is over.she sees that it has practically destroyed the whole resort,and when she and ryan were in the lobby,jason and his manager pull her inside a room,they tell her that they need her help and that they are holdong a press conference to tell everyone about the case.so when she is about to answer Ryan bursts inside and tells Jason that whatever he does not to lose Jenny and that she will be the best girl he will ever meet.and then he says i lve you to Jenny and then he leaves.So during the press conference,when she sees Jason lying about everything that happened on the island,she just wants to get over with it.she tells them all that Alexis is his girlfriend and that they are going to get married and then she declares to everyone that her real boyfriend is Ryan and then walks uptohim and kisses him after a funny conversation.Then we see them walking down the resort and dancing.The movie ends by showing us a concert of Jasons in which he dedicates a song to his wife Andrea Masters.She keeps on going wild and while he tries to get away from her,she keeps following him on the stage

Production

Principle photography and filming on "Lovewrecked" began in June 2004 and the film was completed in August 2005. [cite web|url=http://www.media8ent.com/m8/news.asp?id=47|title="Lovewrecked" completes principal photography in June 2004|publisher=Media 8 Entertainment|accessdate=2008-02-05] [cite web|url=http://www.media8ent.com/m8/news.asp?id=52|title="Lovewrecked" completes filming in August 2005|publisher=Media 8 Entertainment|accessdate=2008-02-05] It was filmed in the Dominican Republic, [cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/72/10872.php|title="Lovewrecked" filmed in the Dominican Republic|publisher=Movie Web|accessdate=2008-02-06] in Cabrera, and Puerto Plata. Filming locations also included Ocean World and the Sun Village Beach Resort. [cite web|url=http://www.sunvillageresorts.com/love_wrecked.php|title="Lovewrecked" filming locations|publisher=Sun Village Resorts|accessdate=2008-02-06]

"Temptation Island" was the distribution title for "Lovewrecked" when it was released in different countries over the 2005 and 2006 year period. .cite web|url=http://www.allocine.co.uk/film/fichefilm.html?cfilm=124261|title="Lovewrecked" released May 18 to UK cinemas|publisher=Allocine.co.uk|accessdate=2008-02-06]

Cast

*Amanda Bynes as Jenny Taylor, An 18-year-old Jason Masters fan who travels to the Sun Village beach resort with her best friend Ryan to earn money for college.
*Chris Carmack as Jason Masters, A world famous rock star who travels to the resort before his world tour.
*Jonathan Bennett as Ryan, Jenny's best friend who travels with her to the resort and who secretly loves her.
*Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Alexis Minetti, Jenny's arch-rival who also likes Jason Masters.
*Fred Willard as Ben Taylor, Jenny's father.
*Lance Bass as Dan, Jason Masters' agent.
*Alfonso Ribeiro as Brent Hernandez, the resort's manager.
*Kathy Griffin as Belinda.
*Leonardo Cuesta as Gail.

Release

A Director's Cut was premiered in 2005 at the Dominican Republic International Film Festival held in Cofresi Beach where the film was shot. "Lovewrecked" was cut and released three times to tone down content:
*2005: Theatrical rating - PG-13 for Sexuality (note that there was no actual sexual intercourse between any of the characters, but scenes that fit under the Sexuality category).
*2006: Re-rating - PG for Sensuality, Crude Humor and Language. [cite web|url=http://filmratings.org/|title="Lovewrecked" re-rated PG by the MPAA|publisher=MPAA|accessdate=2008-02-18]
*2007: The original U.S. theatrical version of the film received a PG rating from the British Board of Film Classification for "mild language, sex references and comic violence". [cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/070EFAC33653B361802572C6003EC97D?OpenDocument|title="Lovewrecked" rated PG by the BBFC|publisher=BBFC|accessdate=2008-02-18]

The film was shortened as Randal Kleiser wanted to target the film toward more family audiences than teenager audiences.

The Region 1 DVD was released on March 13, 2007. [cite web | url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MEYJHE| title=Region 1 release comes on March 13, 2007 | publisher=Amazon.com | accessdate=2007-05-17] The Region 2 DVD was released on September 17, 2007, and was the 4th bestselling DVD in it first week.cite web|url=http://www.delanic.com/current.html|title="Lovewrecked" reaches 4th place in bestselling DVD's of the week|publisher=Delanic Films|accessdate=2008-02-18] In the UK, "Lovewrecked" was the first film released by Delanic Films,cite web|url=http://www.delanic.com/films.html|title="Lovewrecked" receives credit for Delanic's first film|publisher=Delanic Films|accessdate=2008-02-19] and was released on May 18, 2007. The film opened at no. 6 on the UK box office chart at 235 screens, and grossed £600,000.

Reception

"Lovewrecked" received generally negative reviews. On its Rotten Tomatoes listing, 17% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 6 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lovewrecked|title="Lovewrecked" receives 17% from critics at Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=2008-02-26] Christopher Null of FilmCritic gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, stating that "Bynes has made far better films". [cite web|url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Lovewrecked|title=Christopher Null gives "Lovewrecked" 2 out of 5 stars|publisher=Film Critic|accessdate=2008-02-26] Brian Orndorf of DVD Talk said that "Lovewrecked" seems like such innocent fun until the tale drains of excitement and the Bynes batteries begin to wear down". [cite web|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=26873|title=Brian Orndorf gives "Lovewrecked" a negative review|publisher=DVD Talk|accessdate=2008-02-26]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0409011|title=Lovewrecked
*rotten-tomatoes|id=lovewrecked|title=Lovewrecked
* [http://www.myspace.com/lovewreckedmovie "Lovewrecked"] at MySpace

Official websites

* [http://www.lovewrecked.co.uk Official UK website]
* [http://www.media8ent.com/m8/movies.asp?movieID=22 Media8 official website]
* [http://www.lovewrecked.de Official German website]