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Hannah Plays It Safe

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

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 10, 2009 11:22 AM CDT

(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 Hannah Montana: The Movie.
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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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 4 comments
Rob
Apr 11, 2009 12:43 PM CDT
Some people never outgrow that judgmental thing either, right, mad? Especially conservatives like you.
fashionsakura
Apr 11, 2009 6:43 AM CDT
i love miley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you call her crap i will be sad waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa jk
Mad
Apr 10, 2009 5:36 AM CDT
Poor kid; she'll be ridiculed

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