Miley Cyrus Takes Critical Heat (And Some Praise) in ‘The Last Song’

While movie goers will make the biggest decision about Miley Cyrus’ movie acting on Friday, some of the most prominent film critics and organizations in the country have weighed in on ‘The Last Song.’

Movie titan Roger Ebert was impressed, but most of the reviews have been critical to downright harshly critical of the young actress who has put her music career aside to work on acting projects.

Here are some examples from the reviews as detailed in The Wrap.com – starting with the Good:

Roger Ebert, The Sun Times: “Her acting is unaffected, she can play serious, and she works easily with a pro like Kinnear.”

Rob Nelson, Variety: “Cyrus, alas, hasn’t yet learned not to act with her eyebrows and overbite. But she does show off her considerable chops as a pianist and remains reasonably likable throughout.”

And the Bad to Very Bad:

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald “Nothing else about ‘The Last Song’ — not Cyrus’ stiff, unconvincing acting, the sentimental dialogue or the falsely upbeat ending — is pretty at all.”

Joe Williams, St Louis Post-Dispatch: “On ‘Hannah Montana,’ she had a flair for broad comedy, and in real life she seems to be handling her fame reasonably well. If Cyrus let her handlers decide that a rote exercise like ‘The Last Song’ should be her next act, we’ll write it off as a first offense.”