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Overview

User Rating:
3.7/10   16,930 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Peter Barsocchini (written by)
Peter Barsocchini (characters)
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Release Date:
24 October 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
high school graduation
Plot:
As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella 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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
7 wins & 9 nominations more
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(540 articles)
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Oh, god, I can't believe I'm saying this... I actually had fun... did I just really write that? Maybe I should make a doctor's appointment more (157 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
H.S.M. 3 (USA) (informal title)
Haunted High School Musical (USA) (working title)
High School Musical 3: Gradu-Dancin' (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
112 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Over 1,000 extras were used for the Graduation scene. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Ryan joins Kelsi in the music room during "Music in Me" he looks at a piece of sheet music before sitting down and playing the song on the piano. However, this sheet music shown is only a vocal score and has no piano chords written on it so there is no way Ryan would've known how to play the song. more
Quotes:
Ryan Evans: [counting as everybody does the dance moves] And 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and...
[getting to Jason, who is doing a sort of weird arm swirly thing instead of the dance moves]
Ryan Evans: What are you doing? 7 and 8 and - I like it!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hierarchy (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Last Chance more

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74 out of 90 people found the following comment useful.
Oh, god, I can't believe I'm saying this... I actually had fun... did I just really write that? Maybe I should make a doctor's appointment, 12 November 2008
6/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

OK, I work at a movie theater and the main thing we've been waiting for is High School Musical 3: Senior Year, we knew it was going to be big, so a few co-workers and I got together for the matinée before all the kids rushed in, it was still packed surprisingly. But I've seen both previous films because my little cousin is just in love with all that pre-teen hoop-la, it's all good, every generation has something so lovey-dovey-cutesee-wootsee type of thing. But one of the things that made this film enjoyable was to see all the kids who were just participating with this film, I mean, I felt like I was in a concert, the kids were clapping with the songs, screaming for their idols, and just having fun, it was cool to see their reactions, to remember a more innocent time of being in love that much with something. But I felt like this was just a cute movie that is getting too much criticism just because it is High School Musical, give it a break and take it for what it is.

The gang is back for their senior year and everything is just perfect, they came up with a great idea for a musical to represent all that they're going through in this exciting year. But there is also a lot of pressure: Zack is facing a tough decision of which college to go to while Gabriella is planning on going to Yale University so far away from him, Sharpay and her brother, Ryan, are competing for a scholarship to Juliard, and Chad and Taylor are learning what to do with the rest of their lives while loosing their best friends to different schools.

Granted High School Musical is never Oscar material, in fact, it's downright like having a soda after school with the hot quarterback or sexy cheerleader, but like I said, it's for the kids. Seeing their reactions to this reminded me and my co-workers of a more innocent time, when I had the same excitement to see Spice World when I was 12 years old. We all had these silly things we loved at a young age and for some reason we become more cynical as we get older criticizing everything that the new generation has, so I'm cutting this movie some slack. It had fun songs, cute characters, silly situations, but great dance numbers and is just over all a nice film for the family. I do recommend it just for the fun of being with the fans and just having a good time, no matter how cheesy it is.

6/10

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