Disney PlusHannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.1
Overview
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.
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Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Positive
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
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Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict, while personal, is resolved by championing themes strongly aligned with conservative values, emphasizing traditional family bonds, the importance of community, and the nostalgic idealization of a simpler, rural way of life as the solution to the protagonist's identity crisis.
The movie features a predominantly white main cast with some visible diversity in supporting roles, but it does not explicitly recast traditional roles for DEI purposes. Its narrative maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities, without centralizing or critiquing DEI themes.
Secondary
The film positively portrays community, family values, and moral integrity, implicitly linked to the cultural expression of Christianity in its rural Southern setting. The church is depicted as a positive gathering place for the community, reinforcing themes of belonging and support.
Hannah Montana: The Movie centers on Miley Stewart's struggle to balance her pop star persona with her ordinary life, focusing on family, friendship, and a heterosexual romance. There are no discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the film's plot or character arcs, leading to an N/A rating for LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is a continuation of the "Hannah Montana" TV series. All established characters maintain their original genders from the source material, and no new portrayals alter the gender of previously defined characters.
The film features the original cast from the "Hannah Montana" television series, with no established characters being portrayed by actors of a different race than their prior canonical depiction. New characters introduced in the movie do not constitute race swaps.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
5.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
4.7
6.6
Critic Ratings
4.3
4.7
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