Hannah Montana, The Movie

Reviewer: Alyice Edrich

The Movie

The Plot

A teen superstar’s double life begins to take a toll on her soul and so her father pulls her from the Hollywood lifestyle and brings her back to her roots.

Starring

Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lucas Till, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Vanessa Williams, and more.

Review

Having watched the Hannah Montana sitcom on Disney with my daughter, I wasn’t sure a full-length feature film would be possible, but Disney proved me wrong. Overall, I enjoyed the film. There was just the right amount of drama mixed in with the slapstick gimmicks we’ve grown to love on the sitcom, itself.

My biggest problem with the film is that while Miley is an exceptional singer and can perform comedic antics with the best of them, she lacks what is necessary to carry a more emotional performance. As a somber, sad, and confused teenager, Miley lacks talent and that especially bothered me during the meltdown segment. I so wanted to get teary-eyed. I wanted to feel her pain, but I just couldn’t.

In the film, Miley Cyrus plays Miley Stewart, a teenager with a secret identity as a pop star. Raised by her singer/songwriter father, and living with her loveable, goof-ball brother, Miley lives a normal teenage life by day and fulfills every girl’s dreams by night.

During the week, Miley attends public school, hangs out with her best friends, and even deals with everyday teenage drama. Then with the help of a blonde wig, she becomes Hannah Montana, the pop superstar.

For years, Miley’s rise to stardom was balanced with just the right amount of work and play. But with a new manager who knows her stuff, Miley soon hits superstar status and discovers that balancing her home life isn’t as easy as it used to be.

Fed up with her latest fiasco (fighting with Tyra Banks over a pair of expensive shoes and stealing her best friend’s Thunder by showing up to the Sweet 16 Birthday party as Hannah Montana), Miley’s father hijacks her and sends her back home to Tennessee, where he hopes she’ll remember what’s most important.

At first, Miley is furious with her father and determined to do whatever it takes to convince her father that she’s a changed gal and ready to get back to work as Hannah Montana. But then she meets a handsome farmhand who much prefers the down-to-earth Miley over the flashy, high maintenance Hannah Montana and she realizes that her father was right—she lost sight of herself.

As Miley searches to rediscover herself, she also commits to a performance as Hannah Montana, in an attempt to preserve the culture and landscape of her hometown. But that’s when things get out of hand. As Miley tries to juggle a dinner with the elite of her hometown, and a date with the handsome farmhand, she cracks.

Then, during her live performance, Miley does the unthinkable and potentially condemns her alter ego, Hannah Montana, forever. She takes off her wig and shows her hometown who she really is—apologizing for keeping this huge secret from them and thanking them for letting her live her Hannah.

Hannah Montana The Movie is by all accounts a corny, tween film so if you find corny films annoying, you will not enjoy this film. If, however, you enjoy a corny film from time-to-time and find silly, slapstick antics followed by a little singing and drama fun, you’ll enjoy the film.

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