Directed by:
Peter ChelsomScreenplay:
Dan BerendsenCinematography:
David HenningsComposer:
John DebneyCast:
Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso, Moises Arias, Lucas Till, Vanessa Williams, Margo Martindale, Melora Hardin (more)VOD (5)
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Feature-length spin-off of the TV series Hannah Montana. Miley (Miley Cyrus), overwhelmed by the popularity of her alter-ego Hannah Montana, returns to her Tennessee hometown at the behest of her father (Billy Ray Cyrus) for some much-needed time out. There she re-connects with her best friends Lilly (Emily Osment) and Oliver (Mitchel Musso), as well as the very hot Travis Brody (Lucas Till), a former childhood friend. Miley now finds herself under pressure to choose between her life in rural Tennessee and her starry stage persona, a conflict that becomes particularly apparent when she is asked to perform as Hannah Montana at Lilly's birthday party. (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
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I give the film three completely average stars, no matter how much you may get mad at me, because within the genre, it belongs there. HM is certainly does not deserve a Boo!, and I've certainly seen worse atrocities (yes, all those musicals from high school that I didn't have the energy to even watch, let alone finish). A few scenes are funny (the opening ride in the trolley, Miley's dad demolishing his collection of plates...), and a few are even touching. The whole thing is nicely filmed, the singing numbers have swing and the camera plays with the colors and the Tennessee landscape. I also like the soundtrack. Compared to the crap like hip-hop, rap, techno, dance, trance, other "ance" genres and all these similar styles that are trending nowadays, this is nice country-pop... What?
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Disney's sweet treats have never offended or disgusted me. Quite the contrary. That's why I'm sad that Hannah Montana is unusually engineered in terms of plot and I give my whole 50% for that sweet face and perfectly fitting songs that weaken my pop knees. And the fact that this spectacle must provoke anger in American small towns still brings an unprecedented smile to my face. Three stars partly out of spite. Nothing annoys me more than the automatic negative disdain towards all teenage girls who are supposedly "typically American".
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I laughed once, unfortunately I have no idea what it was, even though I only turned the movie off a second ago... oh well. I hate it when the "bad guy" turns good. I hate the pathetic bullshit. I hate quite a bit about this movie. But lucky for Hanna that she can sing, at least that kept me from bursting out in cynical laughter and peppering the screen with sarcasm for a while. A very, very weak 1 star.
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