Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale

It's no surprise this franchise is still doing well in its third week out. It also helps that studios are waiting to release their big hitters nearer the Holidays. The kids are still pretty, so get ou...( read more  read more... )t and dance and sing.

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67% liked it

123 critics

G, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Kenny Ortega

Release Date: October 24, 2008

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DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009

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  • June 7, 2009
    This movie lacks a story line, any conflict whatsoever, character development or meaning. It also lacks a pulse, High School Musical 3 is a dead movie.
  • March 9, 2009
    It's the senior year for the East High Wildcats, and futures beyond high school hallways and lunchroom gossip are being planned. For Troy (Zac Efron), Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens), and Chad (Corbin Bleu), the road to adulthood is complicated, involving painful choices in both life...( read more) and love. With the year winding down, Gabriella encourages everyone to sign up for the spring musical, putting the kibosh on brat Sharpay's (Ashley Tisdale) plans to topline her own show, with supplementary help from brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel). With the days ticking away to graduation, the group works out the moves for the big show, while Troy and Gabriella contemplate the concept of college careers away from each other. The film has about as much understanding of what high school is really like as an episode of Saved By the Bell. It's bright and energetic. It's also antiseptic, looking and feeling more like product than a movie. The actors are all smiley, attractive, and utterly indistinguishable from one another. There are a lot of songs, mostly of the dance-pop variety, none of which have a single memorable hook or chorus. Ortega channeling the gods of Berkeley, Fosse, and Kelly to construct intricate foot parades for the camera, with special emphasis on theatrical scenery to reinforce the high school musical atmosphere of "High School Musical".
  • December 8, 2008
    High school graduation.

    Director: Kenny Ortega

    Writers (WGA): Peter Barsocchin

    Genre: Comedy | Drama | Family | Musical | Romance

    Starring: Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin
    ...( read more)Bleu, Lucas Gabreel


    THE MOVIE OUTLINE

    "As seniors in high school ,Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future. "



    MY APPRAISAL


    STANDING OVATION??
    WHAT THE F*CK?


    Never in my life I saw the theatre so crowded and deserve "THEATRE WITH MOST NOISES" award. Gosh! Everything's terrible. The theatre was soooo damn noisy. They laugh at either funny or unfunny scenes and throw unimportant jokes. They RUINED THE MOVIE SOUL! I don't know how many times I rolled my eyes and switch looks with my best friend Inez. They gave standing ovation I never find in No Country For Old Man. When Zac Efron appeared on screen, they cheered!!!

    No progress. Still very very bad. The script is extremely DULL, the dialogue is still dumb and cheesy. Vanessa Hudgens is like what, worst actress ever? Zac Efron is good looking, but he's.. whatever. Ashley Tisdale's annoying as ever, though I adore her pink stuffs (I'll have some of those one day). YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE between "a character that was meant to annoy other character in the film" and "a character being such a pain in the audience's asses". But the soundtracks' are OK and pretty enjoyable (try: Now or Never, Can I Have This Dance?, I Want It All). My suggestion: quit acting and start some recordings instead. They're suppose to be heard but not seen!! Overall it's an OK movie for 8 year olds, but a PAIN IN THE ASS if you're not one anymore.

    If you really want to know how bad the movie really is, read Nemka Jay's review on HSM 1.

    Dammit, Disney! STOP MAKING FOOL OF YOURSELF!



    "Keep your friends close. Your enemies closer.."

    -SHARPAY EVANS-
  • November 2, 2008
    I gave this movie a shot, i was just curious on how a TV movie series turned to the big screen would turn out and it really had a dull plot and random musical outbreaks unlike other musical films. This is a major skip it in my opinon.
  • October 27, 2008
    WOW!!!! lol I loved it!!! The music was amazing, the acting was amazing, the scenes were amazing!!! The dancing!!! lol Definately the best of all 3 :D I was so happy to see this lol and just wow it was perfect!! It was so cute too lol
  • November 22, 2009
    Energtic, fun, and decent songs. I don't ask for much more than that from musicals.
  • November 20, 2009
    i love vannesa but does Zac love her..?
  • November 19, 2009
    I love HSM,and this is the best of the series.
    Zac Efron and Vanessa is surely the suited couple.
  • November 19, 2009
    This movie is very fun and Zac Efron is so cool!
  • November 19, 2009
    fast and furious movie.
    and actore and actress very cool,cute.
    and I can be a lot of thing.

Critic Reviews


October 29, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press

HSM3 is now about indoctrinating a captive audience to buy hype and follow consumerist routine. It might make millions, but it's a betrayal. full review

October 28, 2008
Mike McGranaghan, The Aisle Seat

High School Musical 3 is like Grease meets Up With People in the United Colors of Benetton. Not a combination that fills me with joy. full review

October 27, 2008
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

Its winning formula is driven not by narrative but by what isn't there: no sex, no drugs, and no rock and roll-- unless you count the logjam of thundering power ballads. full review

October 24, 2008
Tasha Robinson, Chicago Tribune

Musical 3 is frustratingly shallow, but what it lacks in narrative ambition, it makes up for in dazzling choreography. full review

October 24, 2008
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Everything works out! Everyone's hair looks great! Some of the kids end up at Juilliard! I hope real high school is like this. full review

October 24, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Since when shouldn't it be fun to spend 90 minutes or so watching good-looking young people, singing and dancing relatively well? full review

October 24, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post

The movie sounds as though it was recorded in a padded chamber instead of a bustling school, and it looks like it came from some alternate world, one that basks in the eternal sunshine of the spotless... full review

October 24, 2008
Adam Graham, Detroit News

Go ahead, dance it out. full review

October 24, 2008
Marco Cerritos, Boxoffice Magazine

I can't urge you enough to stay as far away as possible. The swarms of young girls watching this phenomenon opening weekend will eat you alive. full review

October 24, 2008
Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

While it probably won't appeal to a much wider audience than the one it already has, it does have a likable cast and a lot of energy. full review

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Comments


  • omarmasarwa95
    April 16, 2009
    i Lave high school musical . aim watch high school musical (1/2/3) its vary fantstec
  • barary22
    April 8, 2009
    Hi
    i like this movie

    I hope it will be secesses on the cienema
  • ydinayen
    April 5, 2009
    it is an awesome movie
  • lilywinx556
    March 24, 2009
    i loved it
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    March 14, 2009
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  • gersygirl44
    March 4, 2009
    hi it is very great move i love it so much
  • samanthareid1995
    February 13, 2009
    hi i rally what to see this one iv see the other to i wht to see this one xxxx p.s i would love to meet vanessa and zac
  • theodoramdm
    February 12, 2009
    wow!! haters u afraid to see something different??huh
  • unclefunk
    February 2, 2009
    Every comment here makes me laugh, hard.
    High School Musical is for sure, teenagers.
    I saw the movie because I saw the other two. Why stop watching a trilogy when you saw the first two? I did not like none of them, but I'm still watching...
    Zac Efron CANT sing, I repeat he CANT sing. He sounds like a smurf. The teenagers looks to perfect to take 'em serious and that is why I laugh when people takes the comments and this movie serious....
  • tigersilva
    January 9, 2009
    out of all 3 it was the best but it was so funny in the start gabrella is randomly popping up out of no where TROY!!!!!! the cinemaa was empty because it been 3 weeks through me and sean were like pissing ourselfs i liked the songs the plot was very well random lol i always said about these movies i like the songs the plot has really been mixed up with a love movie lol Sharpays dogs ugly LOL and the british girl omg worst singer, LOL Songs "Spring musical, now or never, i want it all, boys are back" were my favs LOL

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