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Bookmark this pageHannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
Director: Peter Chelsom
Movie review
From Time Out London
Billy Ray Cyrus’s performance in this sporadically amusing if spirit-drainingly formulaic Disney musical recalls the comedian Bill Hicks’s claim that he’s ‘a jar-headed, no-talent cracker asshole’. It’s true that as an actor, Cyrus is about as expressive as a black sack full of splintered cricket bats. His monumental awfulness, though, is not enough to ruin the movie, and that’s all down to the whip-smart comic energy of his daughter, Miley Cyrus, as gangly high-schooler Miley Stewart, who secretly moonlights as mega-selling tween popstrel Hannah Montana. The story, such as it is, sees Miley spirited away from the phoniness of Tinseltown and back to her birthplace in rural Tennessee where she’s forced to endure jug-band hoe-downs, the longing gaze of an unfeasibly gorgeous farmhand and granny’s hackneyed old-timey witterings. While Cyrus’s droll performance (Miley’s not Billy Ray’s) deserves better material, this is still amply entertaining.Author: David Jenkins
Time Out London Issue 2019, May 1-7 2009
User reviews of this film
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- contracowboy said...
- Posted on Nov 03 2009 01:09 My little girl loved this movie and I loved watching it with her. And I'm no softie
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- Commander Gabe Logan said...
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Posted on Oct 12 2009 16:24
I fink itll b wheely gr8......I luv hannner, and so i wil luv this filmm.
All girlz like hana, and even tho i not girl, you will... - Report as inappropriate
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- india and georgia said...
- Posted on Aug 22 2009 16:16 hey people who ever put bad comments THIS MOVIE IS PERFECT REALLY GREAT 987654/10
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- hattie said...
- Posted on Aug 17 2009 17:51 i thought the hannah montana movie woz great with bits of sad in it but ova all it woz great
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- victoria said...
- Posted on Aug 13 2009 08:03 I went to see this film about a month ago and I do like Hannah Montana (the tv show) as most girls do. I just went to see it becaus there was nothing else on and as I said I like Hannah Montana (the tv show) But Hannah Montana the movie is SO different to the tv show. It is lame comedy and rubbish. But that is MY opinion so if you want then get the dvd which is out in September (dunno when and dont care when!) I think this film is suitable for Hannah Montana absolute lovers! xxx
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- lozzie said...
- Posted on Jul 28 2009 18:32 hi i luv the hannah montana movie and i av seen it twice and i enjoyed im a fan of miley so its not surprising i loved luv ya miley
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- XxXxXxXxXxXxXx said...
- Posted on Jul 05 2009 09:37 hi i think the movie wuz gr8 n it had sum upsettin scenez so it should be PG but anyway atleast it had miley cyrus in da movie n it wuz all bout her n it wuz worth wasting my time on i jus bought da DVD !!!!!!! n it wuz really good cuz da dvd had a betta n clear view but in da cinema it wuz really blurry so it wuz worth spendin my money on n i rate it 10 out of 10 n will give it 1 million starz cuz dat iz how much i luv it (i'm a boy)
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- alecandra said...
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Posted on Jun 30 2009 20:04
i saw it and hated it.
everytime we see it advertised me an my boyfriend are like "noooo! dont look directly at it! my eyes! my eyes!" - Report as inappropriate
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- frr said...
- Posted on Jun 27 2009 21:24 why oh why this is utter rubbish she is soooooooooooooo lame as all DC stars
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- chleo said...
- Posted on Jun 20 2009 13:27 Hannah is her best in this movie. I really loved it. The film was really funny. Jackson gets his head stuck in a giant pumpkin!!! If you are a fan of Miley/Hannah then you will surely be a fan of this!
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- pepsi said...
- Posted on Jun 19 2009 00:55 good movie! bravo bravo!
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- Courts said...
- Posted on Jun 15 2009 17:02 hi went to see the film absulutly great the boy was really hot!!!!!!iv'e gotta beat thats gonna move yal off your feet and it goes a little like this 5,6,7,8 pop it lock it pocodot it country fy then hip hop it put your halk in the sky move side to side jump to the left then stick it and glide then zig - zag across the floor shuffle in diagonal when the drums hit hands on your hips one foot in one eighty twist and then a zig - zag step aside lean it left clap three times then shake it out head to toe throw it all together thats how we roll do the howdown "throwdown" do the howdown "throwdown" yeah the howdown "throwdown"
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- krupa haria said...
- Posted on Jun 14 2009 01:57 im 16 year old the some age as miley cyrus and i went to see it, i thought it was really good and was very funny, i wud recommend it to anyone
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- hola said...
- Posted on Jun 14 2009 01:09 it was awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee i would love 2 c it but i havent its a pity it looks greatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt hahahahahahahahahahahhaa lolol
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- KEVIN said...
- Posted on Jun 13 2009 22:30 I LOVED IT WAS THE BEST MOVIE I EVER SEEN IN MY HOLE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cast & crew
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Vanessa Williams, Melora Hardin full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Rated: U
Duration: 102 mins
UK Release: May 1 2009
US Release: Apr 17 2009
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