High School Musical wouldn’t have ever been what it was without Efron’s wholly committed performance selling every high and low with aplomb—the kind of screen presence that comes around once in a blue moon.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Oct 24, 2023

I enjoyed it very much. Probably the best made of the 3 films

| Jun 13, 2022

It's hard to begrudge a film success when it has such an upbeat attitude and overwhelming respect for all its characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 10, 2020

Exuberant! Celebratory! Joyous! High school never looked or sounded so good!

| Nov 16, 2019

It's as if these characters came from another planet -- arriving on a spaceship disguised as one of the cleanest and friendliest schools in existence.

| Original Score: D+ | Oct 15, 2019

Are these films simply cries for help?

| Oct 31, 2018

...suffers from precisely the same sort of problems that plagued its two underwhelming predecessors...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 20, 2009

Like the burnouts who stick longer than their leather jackets warrant, the shtick has gotten stale.

| Feb 17, 2009

Will certainly resonate with its targeted preteen demographic, as its principal cast has returned for a sequel appropriately enhanced for the big screen.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 15, 2009

A generous, upbeat film that provides lively, unthreatening entertainment for young viewers...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 13, 2009

I'm glad I didn't pay full price to see this, but it is not a bad way to pass some time in a bargain theater or a cheap movie rental.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 20, 2009

Mostly harmless.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 6, 2009

Regardless of whether Disney's G-rated phenomenon is your cup of tea, you have to admire this films boundless will to create fun, inspiring entertainment on a level second to none.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 15, 2008

High School Musical 3 overstays its welcome, stretching out about 20 minutes longer than it needs to, thanks chiefly to a final celebratory reel that simply refuses to end.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 10, 2008

A real, honest-to-goodness teen musical throwback, as if Andy Hardy had never died and James Dean had never lived.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 8, 2008

So sweet you'll leave the cinema with diabetes.

| Dec 5, 2008

This is good, clean G-rated escapism delivered by fresh, talented young performers.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 4, 2008

Trumping the first sequel, and approaching the quality of the original, High School Musical 3: Senior Year is a truly winning reprise.

| Dec 3, 2008

There's a likeable freshness about the entire production... I felt quite energised after watching this contagious, colourful and uplifting musical that merges fantasy and reality together with such zest that we suddenly feel the sky is the limit.

| Nov 29, 2008

[A] moviegoing public that made "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" #1 at the box office two weeks in a row demands more, dammit.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 8, 2008