Hannah Montana: The Movie Critic Reviews

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 the full review

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.Read the full review

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 the full review

Perhaps the thing that most surprised me is how fingernails-on-blackboard awful the music is.Read the full review

The most shocking thing here is the fact that Peter Chelsom directed it. His 1995 movie, "Funny Bones," is a genuinely transgressive piece of dark comedy. I can't detect a trace of Chelsom in Hannah Montana, which means he won't have to wear a blonde wig to hide his shame.Read the full review

If you're no longer old enough to carry a Hannah Montana lunch box, this movie will feel like punishment.Read the full review

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 the full review

It's just as awesome as the tv show only bigger and prettier.Read the full review

The only folks Montana is interested in pleasing are prepubescent girls and Disney stockholders.Read the full review