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High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

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Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 127
Fresh: 83 | Rotten: 44

It won't win many converts, but High School Musical 3 is bright, energetic, and well-crafted.

Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 9

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

G, 1 hr. 49 min.

Musical & Performing Arts

Directed By: Kenny Ortega

Written By: Peter Barsocchini

In Theaters: Oct 24, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Feb 17, 2009

Box Office:$90.5M

Walt Disney Pictures

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Cast

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
Leslie Wing
Lucas Garbreel
David Reivers

Critic Reviews for High School Musical 3: Senior Year

All Critics (132) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (87) | Rotten (44) | DVD (19)

So sweet you'll leave the cinema with diabetes.

December 5, 2008 Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National

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Ruth Hessey

MovieTime, ABC Radio National

Top Critic

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.

October 27, 2008 Full Review Source: New Yorker

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Anthony Lane

New Yorker

Top Critic

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

October 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Tasha Robinson

Chicago Tribune

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It's a classic case of giving the people what they want.

October 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

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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.

October 24, 2008 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Peter Hartlaub

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

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

October 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

Top Critic

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.

April 18, 2009 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

...suffers from precisely the same sort of problems that plagued its two underwhelming predecessors...

February 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Will certainly resonate with its targeted preteen demographic, as its principal cast has returned for a sequel appropriately enhanced for the big screen.

February 19, 2009 Full Review Source: EURWeb

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Kam Williams

EURWeb

Like the burnouts who stick longer than their leather jackets warrant, the shtick has gotten stale.

February 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Views

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Ryan Cracknell

Movie Views Source: Movie Views

The choreography and dancing are amazing.

February 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Will certainly resonate with its targeted preteen demographic, as its principal cast has returned for a sequel appropriately enhanced for the big screen.

February 15, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

A generous, upbeat film that provides lively, unthreatening entertainment for young viewers...

February 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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.

January 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Mostly harmless.

January 6, 2009 Full Review Source: The Cinema Source

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Michael Dance

The Cinema Source Source: The Cinema Source

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.

December 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

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Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

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.

December 10, 2008 Full Review Source: The Age (Australia)

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Jim Schembri

The Age (Australia)

A real, honest-to-goodness teen musical throwback, as if Andy Hardy had never died and James Dean had never lived.

December 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

This is good, clean G-rated escapism delivered by fresh, talented young performers.

December 4, 2008 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia)

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Vicky Roach

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

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Just like one and two a fun time for my daughter. She loved it and was dancing in front of her seat during the show.

October 25, 2008

John Manard

Super Reviewer

It's senior year and the students have to make choices about college and love. Cheesy and innocent fun.

October 27, 2008

Candy Rose

Super Reviewer

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1. Ms. Darbus: We'll call it, Senior Year!
2. Sharpay Evans: [sarcastically] Genius.
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