If you want to win Mother-of-the-Year take your kids to see Hannah Montana, The Movie.
I took Ainsley and her BFF on opening day and they both loved it.
The plot, I’ll warn you now, is the exact same plot of every single one of the television episodes, but evidently some people (children) don’t get bored with the same plot.
Hannah Montana has a lot of career choices and must-do appearances that interfere with her alter-ego Miley’s interpersonal relationships – best friend Lily, father, brother, school – sort of like every adult woman I know, especially working mothers.
She often makes the mistake of scheduling a “Hannah Event,” like the Music Awards or a save-the-town concert and a “Miley Event” like her first date with a cute cowboy for the same exact. same. time.
Then you get to watch her run through revolving doors changing clothes and wigs – brown, blond, brown, blond, brown, blond – while she changes and confuses her roles and identities.
If I could bring that back to the modern-day woman’s dilemma – I’m a professional, I’m a mom, I’m a professional, I’m a mom, I wear a business suit, I wear my yoga pants with spit up on them, I wear a business suit, I wear my yoga pants with spit up on them. Like that.
Eventually she gets busted, just as we all do.
When you get down to it Disney is just trying to prepare young girls for the crazy hectic and stressful insanity of being a mom and a professional – right? Well, YOU’RE the one who said you wanted “the best of both worlds,” is often repeated in the show (and in the lives of real women).
Anywho, you can take your kids to see this and there will be no inappropriate nudity or violence. Nothing inappropriate at all. Really.
You do, however, get to see Hannah Montana throw down with Tyra Banks over a pair of designer heels.
Other celebrity cameos include Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Vanessa Williams, Cheryl Hines, David Archuleta, and Zac Efron.
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I’m a pretty regular lurker here, and have to say that I usually agree with and am challenged by a lot of what you say. I have to say, though, that I find Hannah Montana APPALLING. I watched a few episodes last year to see if I would let my then 5 year old daughter watch it, and the resounding answer was NO. What I thought she would learn from it is: Insulting people is FUNNY! If you don’t like the rules SNEAK OUT OF THE HOUSE! If you get in trouble, your parent will only make you sing his old songs, which is SO EMBARRASING, but not really all terrible. It’s totally OK to say things like “You Suck” and “You’re dumb”
That show is not allowed in my house, and I’m furious that Disney is marketing it so fiercely to the younger elementary set, all the while saying it’s designed for tweens.
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I read an article slamming Miley the other day – and I thought it was so unfair.
I don’t think it’s appropriate for really young girls – but for older girls, she’s really not a bad role model, the worst thing they accused her of doing was parking in a handicapped place, come on.
I do agree with you about the attitude thing though – but at least they show an active parent and Hannah gets punished for things she does. I just don’t understand why we keep pushing teens in front of tiny girls as entertainment? Why not find a ‘girl’ for girls to look up to and relate to?
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Maypole – I absolutely and totally agree with you – the entire Disney Channel is blocked at our house because of THE TONE.
However, because I think rigidity sometimes backfires I did take her to see the movie based on the G rating. Had I not taken her she would have been obsessed with it.
I have to say the film has a very different Tone than the television shows do. Different writers? They have the same slapsticky I Love Lucy body humor and the brother takes a few hits and she’s not a great friend to Lily, but overall I didn’t have a problem with anything in the show. Dad and Grandma shut down THE TONE ASAP.
I got way big relationship capitol with her.
my daughter hasn’t asked to watch Hannah Montana anytime recently (she used to say things like “maybe when I’m six i can watch Hannah Montana”, but she never actually asked to, and she is actually pretty self regulating) I think if she does, I’ll explain to her why i don’t care for it, maybe even watch it with her to point out what I don’t care for. I know she has seen bits and pieces of it at friends houses, and I agree that rigidity can backfire, which is why i want her to understand why i don’t like it and why we don’t watch it at our house. At this point I’m not worried about her sneaking off and watching it elsewhere, although later in life I know that sort of thing could be a real possibility, so i don’t want to lay down that kind of strict rule. But if she is aware of why I don’t like it, even if she watches it elsewhere, I think it will just make her more… well… aware.
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My daughter wants to watch Hannah Montana. I allowed it until the Tone got out of control. Then I sat her down and explained why it was a no go. For one thing, I don’t care for the commercials on Disney, the content is too grown up and inappropriate, etc. She gets why and she’s usually ok with it and doesn’t ask anymore.
But, she asked if I would take her to the movie. I decided not to make a thing about it.
There was nothing in the Movie I had a problem with.
That said, she won’t get the DVD and she got in trouble for being on Disney.com without permission the other day. She wanted to watch the video from the Hannah Montana movie, but no go on Disney.com.
You know your kid best. If she’s fine with no Hannah. Stick with it. For my own daughter, who is now 7, I thought it was better not to pick this particular battle or draw this particular boundary. All her friends were going and the marketing was making her feel left out, etc.
I probably will buy her the mp3 recordings for her ipod because I thought the lyric messages were positive and appropriate – this time.
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