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High School Musical 3: Senior Year

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (HSM 3)

2008

Kenny Ortega

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu ...

4.1

8,727

Musical. Comedy. Romance As seniors in high school, Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne-Hudgens) 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Tasha Robinson Chicago Tribune	"Who cares about plot as long as they can sing and dance? (...) What it lacks in narrative ambition, it makes up for in dazzling choreography."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Efron and co-star Vanessa Hudgens have charm. But director Kenny Ortega buries them in formula dances, forgettable tunes and dialogue that makes Grease sound like Greek tragedy. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"These are standard youth-movie dilemmas, but they're brought to life by the high-energy cast and the musical numbers, which Ortega shoots with electrifying pizzazz."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Clive James once said that some cultural artefacts are so bland they 'taste of cellophane'. 'High School Musical 3: Senior Year' makes cellophane taste like chicken jalfrezi (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"[It] has the bubbly brio to carry its hermetic emotions across (...) The franchise will likely go on without [Efron], but judging by how badly the film flounders when he isn't onscreen, it won't be the same."	NEU
United States	Richard Corliss Time	"Anyone over nine can expect the movie's antiseptic energy to get enervating"	NEG
United Kingdom	Helen O'Hara Empire	"If you're under 12, you won't be disappointed. If you're over 12, the fact this is as funny and bright as it is insipid won't stop you from avoiding it like the plague (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Spain	FilmAffinity	HSM 3' graduates to No. 1 with $42M, Ranked Disney's family film scored the biggest opening ever for a musical.	DIS

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