Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Leans Right

Viewer Rating

Rating: 5.1

Overview

Miley Stewart is like any other teenage girl. She juggles friends, school and family, but unlike most teenagers, she is secretly a pop star called Hannah Montana. When her popularity starts to take control of her life, h...

Starring Cast

Miley Cyrus • Emily Osment • Billy Ray Cyrus

Where to watch

Disney Plus

Prime Video

Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Right

Diversity: Moderate

Overview

Starring Cast

Miley Cyrus • Emily Osment • Billy Ray Cyrus

Where to watch

Disney Plus

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Leans Right

Primary

Political: Leans RightConfidence: High

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.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: Medium

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

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

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.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

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.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

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.