The Last Song

Film: The Last Song
Cast: Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, Liam Hemsworth
Genre: Drama
Direction: Julie Ann Robinson
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes
Critic's Rating: 3 stars


Story: Miley Cyrus, a classical piano prodigy, gives up her music after her parent's divorce. She does it to spite her father, Greg Kinnear who moves away to Georgia after the split. However, she gets a chance not only to rediscover the music in her life, but also to build bridges with her estranged father when her mother sends the children -- Miley and her kid brother -- to spend the summer with dad.

Movie Review: If you read Nicholas Spark, (he's written the script) you'd know what you're going to end up with in this father-daughter tale of re-bonding. Loads of heart-warming moments and lots and lots of mushy sentimentality....

But more than Spark, the film is primarily meant to showcase the histrionics of the 17-year-old Hannah Montana star. And to be honest, Miley does acquit herself well as the young Ronnie who not only saves the turtles from the raccoons, romps in the beach, has mud baths with her boyfriend (Liam Hemsworth) but also manages to re-connect with her troubled father (Greg Kinnear) who writes a special musical composition for her. And yes, you guessed right. In a teary sequence, our musical prodigy may not get to sing, but she does get to re-discover her musical roots and completes the composition that dad wrote for her.

The highpoint of the film are the special moments created by Greg Kinnear and Miley Cyrus as they develop a warm and tender father-daughter relationship. Let them tug at your heart.