High School Musical 2 (2007)

School's out for summer and the East High Wildcats are ready to make it the time of their lives after landing jobs in a wealthy country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family.

Director:

Kenny Ortega

Writer:

Peter Barsocchini

Stars:

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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	...	Jack Bolton
Alyson Reed	...	Ms. Darbus
Chris Warren	...	Zeke Baylor (as Chris Warren Jr.)
Jessica Tuck	...	Mrs. Evans
Robert Curtis Brown	...	Vance Evans
Mark L. Taylor	...	Mr. Fulton
Ryne Sanborn	...	Jason Cross
Olesya Rulin	...	Kelsi Nielsen
KayCee Stroh	...	Martha Cox

Storyline

Troy is offered a job at Ryan & Sharpay's country club and ends up landing jobs for Gabriella, Chad, Taylor, Kelsi, Jason, Martha and Zeke. He is then introduced to Sharpay's parents and realizes that Sharpay can land him many opportunities and even a basketball scholarship. Meanwhile, while Troy starts hanging out with the rich folk, Chad is worried that Troy will forget his friends. Gabriella feels as though she is losing Troy to Sharpay. In the end, Troy will have to learn how to think about his scholarship without losing his friends.

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Plot Keywords:

talent show | country club | lifeguard | basketball | 2000s | 

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Taglines:

They're facing their biggest challenge yet.......summer jobs

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Music | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

High School Musical 2: Sing It All or Nothing!

Filming Locations:

Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets - 7400 W. Manchester Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, First Street Films, Salty Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min (extended)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Most of the country club members seen in this movie are real members of the actual country club where the film was made.

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Goofs

When Troy is outside playing basketball, his jacket sleeves are rolled down, but when Gabriella comes outside to talk to him, they are rolled up. This continues through out the next few minutes.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ms. Darbus: You must remember, young thespians, learning is never seasonal, so do allow the shimmering lights of Summer to refresh and illuminate your fertile young minds.
Chad Danforth: What is she talking about?

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes are shown.

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Connections

Referenced in Zac and Taylor's Amazing Chemistry (2012)

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Soundtracks

I Don't Dance
Written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil
Produced by Matthew Gerrard
Performed by Corbin Bleu (uncredited) and Lucas Grabeel (uncredited)
Seven Peaks Music (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Not as good as the original.

I can honestly say that this wasn't exactly what I expected... it wasn't bad, but this is sort of suffers from sequel syndrome: not being able to measure up to the original.

By no means was it truly unwatchable, but when you take a good cast out of their element, it ruined the movie... not to mention that the switch of music style didn't help either.

The good news is that they still retained the campy goodness and story with a moral that this franchise is known for.

If you're going to watch this, at least be open enough to wait until it's completely finished to give your opinions.

With that in mind, HSM2 earns a 6 out of 10.