Hannah Montana: The Movie
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: April 10, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
15
Negative:
4
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60
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
There are sufficient pratfalls and Miley/Hannah quick-changes to satisfy the fans, while Cyrus retains that natural, unforced likability that made her a star in the first place. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Like 2003's "Lizzie McGuire" movie, "Hannah" breaks little new ground but makes the big screen shift with liveliness and sense of humor impressively intact. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
In the end, Hannah Montana: The Movie is big, beautiful, a little boring and utterly safe. There are flashes of inspiration -- the "Hoedown Throwdown" dance, the scenes between Martindale and the Cyruses -- but it also is what it is: Miley Cyrus' next big step. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
It's almost foolish to review Hannah Montana: The Movie as anything other than the latest cog in a cultural phenomenon/mass-marketing juggernaut. The film itself certainly doesn't aspire to anything more. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
I like the end-credits sequence best, which has nothing to do with hoary complications or the miseries of stardom or the magical spellbinding powers of a cheap wig. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Miley may vacillate, but for now her indentured servitude to Disney continues. The image that comes to mind is Princess Leia chained to Jabba the Hutt, but that's probably just me. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The only folks Montana is interested in pleasing are prepubescent girls and Disney stockholders. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It's hard not to wish the same wholesome message could be conveyed with a bit more finesse and originality. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
The movie overall is painless if not exactly electrifying. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Perhaps the thing that most surprised me is how fingernails-on-blackboard awful the music is. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Young Cyrus is undeniably cute, and some of her songs are as catchy as the law allows - especially "Hoedown Throwdown," But asked to anchor a full-length movie, she simply doesn't have the chops to pull it off. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
The singer-actress has screen presence to spare and a nice, rich voice. By the time her young fans outgrow her -- or she them -- she should have an excellent chance at a second career. Making, you know, real movies and real music. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Cornpone caricatures abound (witness "Hoedown Throwdown," in which Miley sunnily urges us to "pop it, lock it, polka dot it"), but so do worthy messages about responsibility – to family, community, even Mother Earth. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
The best that can be said of it: inoffensive. Read full review
40
EmpireAnna Smith
Lazy but functional tween fare. Read full review
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