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High School Musical 2

  • TV Movie
  • 20072007
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 1h 44m
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Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron, and Lucas Grabeel in High School Musical 2 (2007)
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
60K
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POPULARITY
2,422
240
  • Director
    • Kenny Ortega
  • Writer
    • Peter Barsocchini(based on characters created by)
  • Stars
    • Zac Efron
    • Vanessa Hudgens
    • Ashley Tisdale
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  • Director
    • Kenny Ortega
  • Writer
    • Peter Barsocchini(based on characters created by)
  • Stars
    • Zac Efron
    • Vanessa Hudgens
    • Ashley Tisdale
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    • 192User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Olesya Rulin, Vanessa Hudgens, and Zac Efron in High School Musical 2 (2007)
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    Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, and Ashley Tisdale in High School Musical 2 (2007)
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    Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Ashley Tisdale, Zoe Galvez, Andrew Winston, Vanessa Hudgens, Shawn Carter, Zac Efron, Charles Klapow, Bayli Baker, Lucas Grabeel, Roger Malaga, Mollee Gray, David Huff, Jared Murillo, Shane Harper, Britt Stewart, Tyne Stecklein, Kimberly Klapow, Doug Penikas, and Daniel Callister in High School Musical 2 (2007)
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    Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel in High School Musical 2 (2007)
    Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman in High School Musical 2 (2007)

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    Zac Efron
    Zac Efron
    • Troy Bolton
    Vanessa Hudgens
    Vanessa Hudgens
    • Gabriella Montez
    Ashley Tisdale
    Ashley Tisdale
    • Sharpay Evans
    Lucas Grabeel
    Lucas Grabeel
    • Ryan Evans
    Corbin Bleu
    Corbin Bleu
    • Chad Danforth
    Monique Coleman
    Monique Coleman
    • Taylor McKessie
    Bart Johnson
    Bart Johnson
    • Jack Bolton
    Alyson Reed
    Alyson Reed
    • Ms. Darbus
    Chris Warren
    Chris Warren
    • Zeke Baylor
    • (as Chris Warren Jr.)
    Jessica Tuck
    Jessica Tuck
    • Mrs. Evans
    Robert Curtis Brown
    Robert Curtis Brown
    • Vance Evans
    Mark L. Taylor
    Mark L. Taylor
    • Mr. Fulton
    Ryne Sanborn
    Ryne Sanborn
    • Jason Cross
    Olesya Rulin
    Olesya Rulin
    • Kelsi Nielsen
    KayCee Stroh
    KayCee Stroh
    • Martha Cox
    Tanya Chisholm
    Tanya Chisholm
    • Jackie
    Miley Cyrus
    Miley Cyrus
    • Girl at Pool
    Kelli Baker
    • Lea
    • Director
      • Kenny Ortega
    • Writer
      • Peter Barsocchini(based on characters created by)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      It took four days to film all the school scenes at East High. During one of those days, classes were in session. Actual students at East High were given instruction of where not to go so that no one would interfere with the filming of the movie.
    • Goofs
      Favors and gifts given to Troy by Sharpay's parents (job, club membership, clothes, vehicle, meals, as well as working out with the college team) violate NCAA recruiting regulations.
    • Quotes

      [after hearing about the staff not being allowed to perform in the talent show, Gabriella confronts Sharpay]

      Gabriella Montez: Sharpay! Forget about the rest of us, how about the fact that your brother has worked extremely hard on this show?

      Sharpay Evans: Oh boo-hoo, he'll be in the show, he'll do his celebrity impersonations. Don't lecture me about Ryan, given the way you've been interfering with Troy's future.

      Gabriella Montez: What?

      Sharpay Evans: You've gotten him written up by Fulton for sneaking on the golf course and swimming after hours. I had to step in just to save Troy's job.

      Gabriella Montez: I'm not interested in what you think you're doing for Troy, that's between you and him. But you're messing with my friends and my summer and that's not okay with me.

      Sharpay Evans: You don't like the fact that I won.

      Gabriella Montez: What's the prize? Troy?

      [Troy walks up behind Gabriella and hears the rest]

      Gabriella Montez: The Star Dazzle award? You have to go through all this just to get either one? No thanks, Sharpay. You're very good at a game that I don't want to play. So, I'm done here. But you better step away from the mirror long enough to check the damage that will always be right behind you.

      Sharpay Evans: [upset and mad] *Girls*!

      [Sharpay walks off and as Gabriella goes to walk away, Troy runs up]

      Troy Bolton: Hey! What do you mean you're done here? I mean, you can't quit.

      Gabriella Montez: Us working together sounded good, but plans change and people change. The club talent show was a big deal for Sharpay and evidently for your future, so it's cool, just make it happen, wear your new Italian shoes.

      Troy Bolton: Hey, I'm still me.

      Gabriella Montez: Blowing off your friends, missing dates, if that's you, then it's good to know.

      Troy Bolton: No, no, no. I was only doing that because I'm working on the scholarship thing and you know that.

      Gabriella Montez: But if along the way you act like someone you're not, pretty soon that's who you become.

      Troy Bolton: I meant what I said about movies, and summer, and just being together.

      Gabriella Montez: I'm sure you did, at the time. But I also meant what I said: that I want to remember this summer, but not like this, Troy.

    • Crazy credits
      Outtakes are shown.
    • Connections
      Featured in Disney Through the Decades (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Work This Out
      Written and Produced by Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn

      Performed by Vanessa Hudgens, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, Ryne Sanborn, KayCee Stroh, Chris Warren and High School Musical 2 Cast

      Seven Summits Music (BMI)

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    Top review
    5/10
    It Lost the Magic When it Left High School....
    High School Musical (the first one) is really one of the better family films made, and definitely the best in recent years. It was fun, filled with infectious show-stopping tunes, an incredibly attractive cast, and was delightfully cheesy. It even managed to pull off a good, if over-done, message. All in all it was a well-deserved hit. But when the kids left high school and went to summer vacation, somehow some of the magic got lost.

    In other words, High School Musical started thinking highly of itself. This sequel (High School Musical 2) is the disappointing product of that high thinking- the movie takes itself way too seriously, and that is it's main downfall. Apparently what Disney didn't realize was that what made us all love High School Musical was the cheesiness, the lameness of the whole scenario. But here, gone are the days of clear voiced showtunes and high school musical auditions. They are replaced with a show that really tries to focus on the drama and even try to make itself be realistic- something this film was never supposed to be. HSM 2 fell into that oh so unfortunate pit of trying way too hard. Unfortunately, we're not even always sure what they're trying to do: Make a serious and realistic movie, or desperately cling to innocence. What we get is a rather unsatisfying in-between.

    High School Musical 2 starts on the last day of school before summer. The conniving Sharpay snarls the manager of her parent's resort into giving Troy, her long-time crush, a summer job. Troy, however, also talks the rather easy manager into giving all of his friends jobs too. Now, they are all in this together (which you will hear said 20 million times), and Troy and g/f Gabriella are looking at some serious relationship issues.

    It does have it's moments where it returns to it's former glory, mostly featuring the brother and sister characters of stage-diva Sharpay and her lost-in-the-flow bro Ryan. Ashley Tisdale's Sharpay continues to be the most interesting character on the show, but is this time matched by the character of her brother, played wonderfully by Lucas Grabeel. Mr. Grabeel proves himself to be on par with Corbin Bleu the other good actor of the group, who plays Troy's best friend, Chad. There are times when it seems like HSM 2 is going to start going into a better and much more interesting story-line. But that never happens. Instead, they end up mixing together so many petty and incomplete little subplots that by the middle we're not exactly sure what's going on.

    We don't even always have the music to relieve us this time, because somehow the decision was made to make all the songs a mix of disco and hip hop, including electronically mixing the actor's voices. It doesn't work well. While all the songs are probably fine songs by themselves, there does not seem to be a single showtune in the film.

    In the end, High School Musical was a let-down for me. It is certainly watchable, mostly because of the good acting and genuinely funny and exciting moments delivered by Sharpay and Ryan. However, one can only hope that if they do indeed make a third as is planned, they get back to what made the original such a classic. 5/10 stars.

    Jay Addison
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    • Aug 18, 2007

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    • Release date
      • August 17, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • DisneyNOW
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • High School Musical 2: Extended Edition
    • Filming locations
      • East High School - 840 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Pictures
      • First Street Films
      • Salty Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD
      • 4:3

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