Cyrus, as always, is a professional charmer (it's hard to resist when she leads a hip-hop hoedown), and the crusty folkiness of Billy Ray Cyrus as her real-life dad is as welcome as ever.
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04/13/09
Hannah Montana The Movie (2009)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:12
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: While youthful Miley fans won't complain, Hannah Montana the Movie is little more than a formulaic Disney Channel episode stretched thin.
Theatrical Release:Apr 10, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $79,478,344
Synopsis: Peter Chelsom (SERENDIPITY, SHALL WE DANCE?) directs teen superstar Miley Cyrus in this feature that brings the popular Disney Channel character Hannah Montana to the big screen. With a crazy... [More]
Starring: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jason Earles, Emily Osment
Director: Peter Chelsom
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Reviews for Hannah Montana The Movie
Top CriticThe bottom line is that I don’t think you are going to care.
04/13/09
Top CriticAside from a few cameos and a big benefit concert to save her hometown from evil land developers, there’s nothing really that makes the movie stand out from the TV show.
04/13/09
Top CriticThin as a flip-flop and as complicated as a scrunchy, the plot is barely enough for half a movie. At the 45-minute point, things are pretty much wrapped up.
04/10/09
Top CriticThe rest of the time it's up to Cyrus to keep things light, and her undeniable charisma radiates from the big screen as strongly as it does on the small one.
04/10/09
Top CriticAssorted conflicts and adventures ensue, and the movie overall is painless if not exactly electrifying.
04/10/09
Top CriticMawkish but energized.
04/10/09
Top CriticIf you're no longer old enough to carry a Hannah Montana lunch box, this movie will feel like punishment.
04/10/09
Top CriticWho cares if it gives anyone over the age of 12 a headache? The state of Hannah Montana is little-girl paradise.
04/10/09
Top CriticThe movie looks and sounds like a real film, not an extended version of the TV show. The acting and the cinematography is bumped up a notch.
04/09/09
Top CriticThis probably won't sway the unconverted into becoming fans, but it should please the more than 180 million viewers of the hit Disney Channel series.
04/09/09
Top CriticIn the end, Hannah Montana: The Movie is big, beautiful, a little boring and utterly safe.
04/09/09
Top CriticThere's nothing subtle or unexpected about Hannah Montana: The Movie. But its intended audience of prepubescent girls probably won't mind. Still, it's hard not to wish the same wholesome message could be conveyed with a bit more finesse and originality.
04/09/09
Top CriticUndoubtedly, Hannah Montana: The Movie will appeal to Cyrus' core audience, but the chances of this sanitized, prepackaged effort expanding her fan base is about nil.
04/09/09
Top CriticFor its target audience, oblivious to the film's narrative crossed wires, it's definitely three-star entertainment.
04/09/09
Top CriticUltimately, the fan-pleasing HMTM and its bestselling soundtrack album are about building new bridges.
04/09/09
Top CriticThe movie's only mission is to further a brand, and it exists specifically to prop up its song list, which includes the latest dance craze, 'Hoedown Throwdown,' in which Miley exhorts us to pop it, lock it and, to the best of our abilities, 'polka-dot it.
04/09/09
Top CriticHannah Montana: The Movie has performance numbers -- the first one fancifully blurs the line between a live Hannah concert and a music video - flat melodrama, and such guest stars as Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift, as themselves.
04/09/09
Top CriticLike 2003's Lizzie McGuire movie, Hannah breaks little new ground but makes the big screen shift with liveliness and sense of humor impressively intact.
04/09/09
Top CriticDirector Peter Chesholm does a fine job moving Hannah out of its $14.95 Disney Channel set and onto a bigger canvas.
04/09/09
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August 17, 2009:
RT on DVD: From Hannah Montana's Hoedown to Last House on the Left
This week, get your Miley Cyrus fix with Hannah Montana's feature-length trip to the big screen (Hannah Montana The Movie), or do a complete 180-degree turn with the latest... More...
April 12, 2009:
Box Office Wrapup: Hannah Montana Sings Her Way to the Top
This weekend the queen of teendom Miley Cyrus flexed her muscles again at the multiplexes with Hannah Montana The Movie which defeated all competitors for a squeaky clean number... More...
April 09, 2009:
Critics Consensus: Hannah Montana Hits A Flat Note
This week at the movies, we've got a pop songbird (Hannah Montana the Movie, starring Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus), a mall cop (Observe and Report, starring Seth Rogen and Anna... More...
April 07, 2009:
Five Favorite Films With Billy Ray Cyrus
Art imitates life (and vice versa) in Hannah Montana: The Movie, in which teen idol Miley Cyrus stars as the titular character, a 16-year-old A-list celebrity desperately trying... More...
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