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.
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10/27/08
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:18
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: It won't win many converts, but High School Musical 3 is bright, energetic, and well-crafted.
Theatrical Release:Oct 24, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $90,535,406
Synopsis: The first HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL movie to be released straight to the silver screen, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 finds the cast of the beloved earlier installments, all students at East High, dealing with... [More]
Starring: Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel
Director: Kenny Ortega
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Reviews for High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Top CriticMusical 3 is frustratingly shallow, but what it lacks in narrative ambition, it makes up for in dazzling choreography.
10/24/08
Top CriticIt's a classic case of giving the people what they want.
10/24/08
Top CriticEfron 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.
10/24/08
Top CriticSince when shouldn't it be fun to spend 90 minutes or so watching good-looking young people, singing and dancing relatively well?
10/24/08
Top CriticSorry. Started to doze off.
10/24/08
Top CriticThe 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 skin.
10/24/08
Top CriticIt's hard to complain about a pop culture phenomenon built on unabashed innocence.
10/24/08
Top CriticThe HSM series has always been playful and high-spirited, with a refreshing emphasis on collective action and the importance of group effort over the individual, and there's nothing in High School Musical 3: Senior Year to upset the formula.
10/24/08
Top CriticMr. Efron's athletic grace is Astaire-like in its casual authority. Ms. Hudgens's blissful smiles melt the screen.
10/24/08
Top CriticDisney raised the stakes by turning its hit TV-movie franchise into a feature film -- and the bet has paid off.
10/24/08
Top CriticGo ahead, dance it out.
10/24/08
Top CriticIf you're a fan, you won't be disappointed.
10/24/08
Top CriticFor all its unforgivable blandness, High School Musical opens young audiences to the charms of this most transporting of movie genres.
10/24/08
Top CriticIt's not bad. It's a lump, but it's a benign lump.
10/24/08
Top CriticEven if the refreshing gust doesn't stay with you long, it's fun while it lasts.
10/23/08
Top CriticWhat’s unfortunate isn’t that this is a bad film, but rather that it had the potential to be such a good one and fell short.
10/23/08
Top CriticTo witness Number 3 explode on the big screen in a theater hopping with fans is to experience Beatlemania for the millennials. Not since A Hard Day's Night have I seen such collective blissout. (If only HSM's music were that memorable!)
10/23/08
Top CriticDespite its own synthetic, over-processed production values, "High School Musical 3" exudes genuine appeal, thanks to director Kenny Ortega's brilliant choreography and a gifted cast.
10/23/08
Top CriticHSM3 is eminently watchable, occasionally very funny, and sweet enough to give you diabetes.
10/23/08
Top CriticLatest News for High School Musical 3: Senior Year
March 04, 2009:
Disney Sets Fourth High School Musical for 2010 
Disney's "High School Musical" will continue -- on television, and with "a new generation of East High School students," in 2010. More...
February 16, 2009:
RT on DVD: High School Musical 3 or Midnight Meat Train?
It's a good week for mediocre films (Body of Lies, Changeling, Quarantine and Flash of Genius, which all walk a fine line between Fresh and Rotten) and an even better one if... More...
February 15, 2009:
A review-proof, kiddie franchise certain to thrive regardless of what any snooty critics have to say about this installment which seizes on any excuse to have its ensemble break out into a song and dance ala a big Bollywood finale.
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December 17, 2008:
Academy Names 49 Eligible Oscar Songs
The 49 songs in the running for Oscar nominations have been announced, including 11 tunes from the "High School Musical 3" soundtrack. More...
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