When I hear about a movie being made that stars one of today's Teen Music Sensations I cringe. The movie usually centers on the "star" and has little else going for it, but "Hannah Montana The Movie" has a little something more going for it. The story is simple, there are no major stars, the plot is centered to please the younger female audiences, so what was it that I found enjoyable? The story itself, it shows that no matter what happens in our life family is still the most important thing we have.
Believing too much in her stage persona Robby Ray Stewart (Billy Ray Cyrus) decides to take his daughter back home to Crowley Corners, Tennessee. Miley Stewart/ Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) has taken her Stage act to heart. One day after a big cat fight over a pair off shoes that Miley wanted to buy her friend, Lilly (Emily Osment) Robby knows that he has to pull out all the stops to save his daughter. Thinking she is headed to New York with her agent Vita (Vanessa Williams) Miley is surprised to find that when the doors open instead of adoring fans she finds farmland and an unimpressed cow. Feeling like her world is coming down Miley gets in the truck that is waiting for her and the rest of the family which includes a brother, Jackson (Jason Earles). Finally on the road heading back to the family farm where Miley's Grandmother Ruby (Margo Martindale) awaits, Miley gets out of the car and goes to the side of the road, she tells her dad Robby that she won't go any further that she wants to go back to the plane and go on to New York as planned. Sitting by a fence a horse comes up to Miley, she is freaked out and Robby tells her that it is her horse, sitting i.n the grass Robby and Jackson leave Miley alone.
Travis Brody (Lucas Till) is a farm hand that works for Ruby, he teases Miley, that she has forgotten her roots, later that night back at the house Rascal Flatts performs in Ruby's living room. Miley thinks she is better than all of the nonsense going on around her, Ruby takes Miley into town one afternoon where she sees Mr. Bradley (Barry Bostwick) advertising a new shopping plaza, at first Miley sees a bright future for the town, but when she learns that most of the town will be destroyed for the new mall she thinks that maybe she was wrong. All this time Miley is being followed by a tabloid reporter named Oswald (Peter Gunn) hoping to find out how Hannah Montana and this girl from the sticks can be such good friends. When Mr. Bradley announces that all that Ruby is doing to save the town will be for nothing Travis tells everyone that Miley knows Hannah Montana. The whole town goes Hannah crazy, the town's Mayor (Beau Bilingslea) invites Hannah and her friends to an afternoon lunch, of course Travis has gotten up the nerve to ask Miley out and she accepts, its for the same day and time of the Mayor's lunch. Miley runs back and forth between the lunch and her date with Travis, changing cloths each time out, and each time back. she is caught by Travis going back into the lunch, he sees Miley with her Hannah cloths on and figures that Hannah/Miley has been playing him for a fool.
On the day of the Hannah concert, Miley has a change of heart, she announces to the crowd that she is in fact Miley Stewart. The crowd accepts her and even tells her that they will keep her secret. Of course the tabloid reporter is in the crowd, but decides not to reveal the big secret because he has two daughters who are crazy about Hannah. The end is of course a happy one, Hannah/Miley makes up with Travis, and the family lives happily ever after.
I give Hannah Montana: The Movie a 3 and on my avoidance scale a 0, this is an enjoyable movie to watch, it ISN'T all concert footage, although it does start at one, but it soon becomes a story worth watching. Every little girl will love this movie. Heck this Cynic enjoyed this movie.
Hannah Montana: The Movie is rated G
Running time is 1 hr. 42 mins.
No comments:
Post a Comment