High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 128
Fresh: 83 | Rotten: 45
It won't win many converts, but High School Musical 3 is bright, energetic, and well-crafted.
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 12
It won't win many converts, but High School Musical 3 is bright, energetic, and well-crafted.
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High School Musical 3: Senior Year continues the ongoing tune-filled love story between basketball player Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and brainy beauty Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens). As they head toward high-school graduation, the couple realizes that they'll be separated when they head to different colleges in the fall, so they join with their friends to produce a spring musical that will help them express their hopes and fears about the future. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Cast
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Zac Efron
Troy Bolton -
Vanessa Hudgens
Gabriella Montez -
Ashley Tisdale
Sharpay Evans -
Lucas Grabeel
Ryan Evans -
Corbin Bleu
Chad Danforth -
Monique Coleman
Taylor McKessie -
Bart Johnson
Coach Bolton -
Alyson Reed
Ms. Darbus -
Olesya Rulin
Kelsi Nielsen -
Chris Warren Jr.
Zeke -
Ryne Sanborn
Jason Cross -
KayCee Stroh
Martha Cox -
Matt Prokop
Jimmie "The Rocket" Zar... -
Justin Martin
Donny Dion -
Jemma McKenzie-Brown
Tiara Gold -
Joey Miyashima
Principal Matsui -
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All Critics (133) | Top Critics (30) | Fresh (87) | Rotten (45) | DVD (19)
So sweet you'll leave the cinema with diabetes.
Top CriticIts 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.
Musical 3 is frustratingly shallow, but what it lacks in narrative ambition, it makes up for in dazzling choreography.
It's a classic case of giving the people what they want.
Everything works out! Everyone's hair looks great! Some of the kids end up at Juilliard! I hope real high school is like this.
Efron is once again Travolta-esque, although he appears to be quickly outgrowing this material. Hudgens is still annoyingly bland both in facial expressions and voice.
This isn't the film for fanboys or arthouse freaks. But for the tweenage girls out there, you can get your Troy Bolton fix with this DVD.
...suffers from precisely the same sort of problems that plagued its two underwhelming predecessors...
Will certainly resonate with its targeted preteen demographic, as its principal cast has returned for a sequel appropriately enhanced for the big screen.
Like the burnouts who stick longer than their leather jackets warrant, the shtick has gotten stale.
The choreography and dancing are amazing.
Will certainly resonate with its targeted preteen demographic, as its principal cast has returned for a sequel appropriately enhanced for the big screen.
A generous, upbeat film that provides lively, unthreatening entertainment for young viewers...
I'm glad I didn't pay full price to see this, but it is not a bad way to pass some time in a bargain theater or a cheap movie rental.
Mostly harmless.
Regardless of whether Disney's G-rated phenomenon is your cup of tea, you have to admire this films boundless will to create fun, inspiring entertainment on a level second to none.
High School Musical 3 overstays its welcome, stretching out about 20 minutes longer than it needs to, thanks chiefly to a final celebratory reel that simply refuses to end.
A real, honest-to-goodness teen musical throwback, as if Andy Hardy had never died and James Dean had never lived.
This is good, clean G-rated escapism delivered by fresh, talented young performers.
Audience Reviews for High School Musical 3: Senior Year
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- Chad Danforth: So I guess when they hand us that diploma, we're actually done here.
- Troy Bolton: What makes you think we're getting diplomas?
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- Sharpay Evans: Hey, Troy, when's the big game?
- Troy Bolton: Yesterday.
- Sharpay Evans: Well, good luck. Toodles!
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- Ms. Darbus: We'll call it, Senior Year!
- Sharpay Evans: [sarcastically] Genius.
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Foreign Titles
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- High School Musical 3 : nos années lycée (FR)
