Hannah Montana: The Movie is a 2009 American musical film adaptation of American teen sitcom Hannah Montana. The film was directed by Peter Chelsom with screenplay penned by Daniel Berendsen. The film was produced by David Blocker, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Steven Peterman and Michael Poryes. The film stars Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso, Jason Earles, Moises Arias, Lucas Till, Vanessa L. Williams, Margo Martindale and Billy Ray Cyrus. The movie tells of how Hannah Montana's popularity begins to take over Miley Stewart's life. Miley's father forces her to take a trip to her hometown of Crowley Corners, Tennessee to get some perspective on what matters the most in her life.

Filming began in April 2008, much of it occurring in Columbia, Tennessee, and Los Angeles, California, and was completed in July 2008. The film was released in theaters on April 10, 2009 in the United States and Canada. As the teen sitcom originated on Disney Channel, Disney Channel premiered a teaser trailer of the film during their shows. The movie enjoyed financial success, reaching #1 at the box office but a moderately mixed response from critics.

Plot

Miley is struggling with her alter-ego and her popularity. Meanwhile, Oswald, a sneaky undercover journalist for celeb magazine BonChic, overhears that Hannah is keeping a secret and becomes determined to find out what it is. Later, Miley ends up in a fight with Tyra Banks over a pair of shoes at a department store. Steve Rushton performs at Lilly Truscott's birthday party. When Oswald secretly follows her limo to the party, she is forced to attend as Hannah instead of Miley, resulting in the guests turning their attention to her instead of her best friend, especially when Hannah is accompanied by Steve Rushton and Days Difference in her performance of "Let's Get Crazy".Hannah sings "Crazy" Oliver and Rico try to stop Lilly from leaving, but the party is now ruined by an exploding cake. Upset at Miley, Lilly tells Oswald that Hannah is from a place called Crowley Corners; unbeknownst that Oswald is a journalist.