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High School Musical Movie Review
High School Musical Review
"High School Musical" Overview
Rating: PG
2006
Cast and Crew
Director : Kenny OrtegaProducer : Don Schain
Screenwiter : Peter Barsocchini
Starring : Zac Efron,Vanessa Anne Hudgens,Ashley Tisdale,Lucas Grabeel,Alyson Reed,Corbin Bleu,Monique Coleman,Olesya Rulin,Chris Warren Jr.
Singing? Check. Dancing? Check. Teens squealing through a musical version of
high school? You got it.
What began as (I'm guessing) a made-for-the-Disney-Channel TV movie is now a
DVD, perfect for those Sweet Sixteens and slumber parties where pink-clad
thespians can ask who's cuter: Vanessa or Ashley, or whether Vanessa and Zac
are right for each other, or who on the basketball team is the absolute
dreamiest.
I needn't answer all of these tricky questions for you: You can see for
yourself in High School Musical, a simple yet earnest film about the making
of... a high school musical. Our lead teens Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella
(Vanessa Anne Hudgens) are from opposite worlds but they meet at a Disneyesque
vacation spot during an impromptu karaoke contest and discover, omigosh, they
can both sing the daylights out of a tune.
Surprise! After summer is over, Gabriella shows up at Troy's high school (where
he's best known as a basketballer, not a crooner), and they ultimately decide
to tempt fate by going up for the school play. Uh oh! Trouble lurks in the form
of Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale) and Ryan (Lucas Grabeel), a conceited
brother-sister team who run the drama department with a teenage iron fist.
Who'll win the lead? And what of the big basketball game and academic
excellence contest?
You know where it's going, but High School Musical is surprisingly fun despite
its obviousness. It helps that there are plenty of in-jokes (with a name like
"Sharpay," it's gotta be good), and that the earnest cast members really want
to make the film memorable. Some of the songs are appallingly bad (any of the
ones that have something to do with basketball, pretty much), but for the most
part it's hummably decent.
DVD extras include a sing-along mode, extra scenes, making-of footage, and a
music video.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
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zacefronrox 
( 1)
posted on 15/06/2006 16:59
High School Musical has a sequel coming out soon and it is sure to rock!
Gabriella Montez, Sharpay Evans, Ryan Evans, and Troy Bolton are the characters
that make this movie a very memorable one. You should watch it over and over
and over again. My review is that this is sure to be the best movie ever shown
on Disney Channel. I can't wait to get the dvd for this movie because it is
something that you will never forget. Hope that you watch it every day. Bye.
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NatalieW ( 1)
posted on 19/08/2007 10:56
If only I could play a part in High School Musical I would be Sharpy Evans
because she has such a bubbly attitude and a great singing voice. I also would
love to here Zac, Lucas and Ashley bring out a solo single because they have
great voices and I think they should flaunt them. The film is the exact to
secondary school and follows on to college. Although I wish we could have Cute
guys like Zac and Lucas in our college. They have filled our hearts with love
and will always be better then the best, some people say they are only trying
to copy Grease I loved that film to and if you can do it. I will also be
following them to High School Musical 2 and what ever else they have in store
for us.
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