 The song was later re-recorded in 2009 as a duet with fellow Disney Channel actor Corbin Bleu for the "Hannah Montana 3" soundtrack album.Written by Jennie Lurie and Holly Mathis, and produced by Antonina Armato and Tim James, "If We Were a Movie" is a teen pop song that lasts three minutes and three seconds.Heather Phares of Allmusic considered "If We Were a Movie" a "clever" and "catchy" song, with a "sharper-than-average songwriting".