MOVIE REVIEW
Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
Sam Emerson/Disney Enterprises
“Hannah Montana” is much like the Easter bunny. The premise of this lucrative Disney Channel franchise, about an average teen who dabbles in pop superstardom as an extra-curricular activity, is a lie most parents probably deem harmless enough not to burst their kids’ bubble over. This tall tale reaches new heights in “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” which idealizes a simple country life that is just as unattainable as celebrity.
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Hollywood Records
Once upon a time, Amelie Gillette of The Onion A.V. Club dismissed her intern’s gentle suggestion to include Miley Cyrus in The Tolerability Index. Everything associated with the Disney Channel seemed way below the radar of The Onion’s target demographics, despite the fact that stargazers have spotted The Sopranos cast members James Gandolfini and Steve Schirripa escorting their children to a New York Times talk featuring Ms. Cyrus and her achy breaky one-hit wonder father, Billy Ray. But things probably have changed at The Onion after the 15-year-old superstar stirred up controversy by baring her backside for Vanity Fair’s noted fashion photographer Annie Leibowitz, and the fact that Ms. Cyrus’s standalone debut album “Breakout” just debuted at No. 1 on Billboard.
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