Review of Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) by Steven N — 12 Mar 2010

I like cheese, particularly brie, although sometimes, just sometimes, Disney does the trick. Sure there is a lot of bad cheese out there: The Jonas Brothers for instance, or anything with Adam Sandler in it, however, on occasion, something so cheesy is released that it manages to somehow transcend dairy. Metaphor over.

You see, while your face may not survive the cringefest that is Hannah Montana your, soul will. It is a well made movie, as clichéd as they come but by no means the acting disaster that was All About Steve or the plot free zone of G-Force. Instead it is an innocent, if too innocent, morality tail with a few ridiculously catchy songs.

All of this garners it a pass mark at least, hundreds of people made this movie and they could have ended up with worse. Transformers 2 for example, or Step Brothers. When you criticise a movie it can be for bad acting, a failed plot device or an over-reliance on special effects, of which this movie is guilty of none.

I am not saying buy it, or love it, just don't write it off completely. Miley Cyrus may come across as an idiot but I've never watched the TV series, maybe she's supposed to be. It may be dispiriting to learn that, even in the out-of-touch parallel universe that is Disney, the British are the bad guys, but we did turn Kerry Katona into a celebrity. It may even be a suspension of disbelief too far to buy into Hannah Montanais wig disguise but realism has never been a big concern to Superman so why should it be to a money grabbing studio and naive child star.

It may be a piece of cheese, but it's not going to kill you.