Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart, on the urging from her father takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.

Director:

Peter Chelsom

Writers:

Daniel Berendsen, Michael Poryes (characters),

Stars:

Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment

6 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miley Cyrus	...	Hannah Montana / Miley Stewart
Billy Ray Cyrus	...	Robby Ray Stewart
Emily Osment	...	Lilly Truscott
Jason Earles	...	Jackson Rod Stewart
Mitchel Musso	...	Oliver Oken
Moises Arias	...	Rico
Lucas Till	...	Travis Brody
Vanessa Williams	...	Vita
Margo Martindale	...	Ruby
Peter Gunn	...	Oswald Granger
Melora Hardin	...	Lorelai
Jared Carter	...	Derrick
Barry Bostwick	...	Mr. Bradley
Beau Billingslea	...	Mayor
Katrina Smith	...	Mayor's Wife (as Katrina Hagger Smith)

Storyline

As Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over her life, Miley Stewart, on the urging from her father takes a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters in life the most.

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Plot Keywords:

hannah montana | charity | wig | country | dressing room | 

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Taglines:

She has the best of both worlds... now, she has to pick just one.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [Japan] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hannah Montana - La película

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,030,657 (UK) (1 May 2009)

Gross:

$79,566,871 (USA) (7 August 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

It's a Laugh Productions, Millar Gough Ink, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The water was 55 degrees in Rutledge Falls, Tennesseem for the Travis and Miley Swim Scene. Lucas Till and Miley Cyrus suffered through 2 takes. During the 2nd take Lucas had to spend about 90 seconds in the water being filmed beckoning to Miley who was having REAL second thoughts about the 2nd take. It took 45 minutes for them to warm up.

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Goofs

Immediately after the first verse of song Hoedown Throwdown, Miley picks up the mic from the stand with her right hand, then within two seconds the mic is placed on the stand and not in her right hand.

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Quotes

Hannah Montana: [as Miley Stewart] Caterpillar in the tree.
Hannah Montana: How you wonder who you'll be,
Hannah Montana: can't go far but you can always dream.
Hannah Montana: Wish you may and wish you might,
Hannah Montana: don't you worry,
Hannah Montana: hold on tight.
Hannah Montana: I promise you there will come a day.
Hannah Montana: Butterfly, fly away.

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Connections

Referenced in Teenage Paparazzo (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Let's Do This"
Written by Derek George, Tim Owens, Adam Tefteller & Ali Dee (as Ali Theodore)
Performed by Miley Cyrus

User Reviews

Piano Teeth brings her character (and ego) to the big screen

What can I say about a film like this? Well, I'll pose this question to anyone who has seen the show. If Mr. Magoo barely has the legs for a six minute cartoon (and he also got his own movie) how in the WORLD can a one note concept like "Hannah Montana" sustain 100 minutes when it can barely do it in a twenty minute show? I would give you a plot summary but I can't because there is no story, I kid you not. This is more or less a series of lame slapstick scenes loosely tied together with a clichéd idea of an evil land developer who plans to level the hometown of Miley Stewart who just happens to be visiting when all this goes down.

Where do I begin? Well, for starters the movie was shot in a very lousy way. The extreme close-ups dilute most of the slapstick action which in of itself is just as desperate as it is on the show. Also, we get one too many closeups of Miley Cyrus's face and thus, her distracting piano teeth. On top of all that, there are several shots done in slow motion for no apparent reason. I guess the filmmakers wanted to be "artsy".

The cast is wasted and I do mean wasted! Barry Bostwick is useless in a throwaway role, Tyra Banks makes a complete fool of herself and the charming and talented Emily Osment is reduced to a recurring cameo despite her getting second billing.

I'm a generous kind of guy, so I will give it this: the colors and film stock at least give it the big screen look it needs and that is a improvement over the tacky look of the show and I will admit I did get a few mild laughs overall.

My consensus? This movie will thrill little girls and it is harmless but it's quite a chore for anyone older.