"Hannah Montana: The Movie" on DVD

"Hannah Montana: The Movie" was recently released on DVD. The initial responses were not surprising to anyone who has watched the television show with more than an 8 year old eye. Let's backtrack a bit for those who are oblivious. Hopeful singing starlet Miley Stewart (Cyrus) invented the persona of Hannah Montana hoping to live a comparatively normal life when not onstage. Her Dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, is concerned that his child is losing her small town roots due to the influence of the entertainment industry.

This is where the movie picks up, back home in Crowley Corners, Tennessee. It's here that Miley goes to her Granny's birthday, falls for a cowboy (played by Lucas Till) and she gives the nod to doing a charity concert to raise funds to stop a developer (played by Barry Bostwick) from plowing under her good ol' Southern childhood home. Seeing "the best of both worlds" works well enough for the television series. Peter Chelsom, the director of the movie, decides to play it safe and splits the film in similar fashion. Montana fanatics should enjoy the concert footage, the Santa Monica Pier scene and perhaps the wrestling-for-the-perfect-shoes bit with Tyra Banks.

Overly concerned parents will be placated by how wholesome the second half of the movie is. Here we see the prerequisite practical life lessons complete with cameos by country singers Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts. Additionally, slapstick is injected into both halves of the movie for good measure. Fans love Cyrus but others expected more. Either way, as long as Miley sells stuff "Hannah" will live on.