When Miley Stewart (aka pop-star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it's time for a total change of scenery. But sweet niblets! Miley must trade in all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for some ol' blue jeans on the family farm in Tennessee, and question if she can be both Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana.
Thin as a flip-flop and as complicated as a scrunchy, the plot is barely enough for half a movie. At the 45-minute point, things are pretty much wrapped up.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
10 Apr 2009
rotten:
Aside from a few cameos and a big benefit concert to save her hometown from evil land developers, there's nothing really that makes the movie stand out from the TV show.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
13 Apr 2009
rotten:
The bottom line is that I don't think you are going to care.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
13 Apr 2009
fresh:
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.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr 2009
fresh:
While Cyrus's droll performance (Miley's not Billy Ray's) deserves better material, this is still amply entertaining.