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Hannah Plays It Safe

Big-screen version of Disney Channel hit canters over familiar ground

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(Newser) – Hannah Montana: The Movie slickly translates the Disney Channel tween smash onto the big screen, say critics, but those who aren't already fans can safely sit this one out.

  • Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: The movie "is an excuse for some generically catchy songs and a showcase for Miley Cyrus' charmingly chipmunk-cheeked smile; and on that level, it works well enough."

  • Jeff Vice, Deseret News: The "mix of musical numbers, down-home country cliches and silly slapstick" was "clearly crafted with her biggest aficionados in mind."
  • Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly: "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."

Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2008 CMT Awards in Nashville, Tenn.
Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2008 CMT Awards in Nashville, Tenn.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
In this image released by Disney Enterprises, Miley Cyrus, right, and Lucas Till are shown in a scene from
In this image released by Disney Enterprises, Miley Cyrus, right, and Lucas Till are shown in a scene from "Hannah Montana: The Movie."   (AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Sam Emerson)
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Newser001
Apr 10, 09 11:53 AM CDT
I have no intention of letting my 8 year old see nor support Miley Cyrus' lifestyle, Disney's pockets... Reply
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Mad
Apr 10, 09 12:36 PM CDT
Poor kid; she'll be ridiculed
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Rob
Apr 11, 09 7:43 AM CDT
Some people never outgrow that judgmental thing either, right, mad? Especially conservatives like you.
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i love miley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you call her crap i will be sad waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa jk Reply
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