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High School Musical 2
Disney Scores Again with Sequel
Riffing off the 2006 tween fave, High School Musical, this sweet flick brings back the entire cast for more songs and fun. School’s out for the summer, and Troy (Zac Efron) needs to build up his college bank account. So Sharpay (Ashley Tisdale), hoping to score some points in the romance department, gets him a job at her family’s posh country club.
Imagine her chagrin when Troy manages to score jobs for the rest of the East High gang, including girlfriend Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens), buddy Chad (Corbin Bleu), and Gabriella’s friend Taylor (Monique Coleman).
Snooty Sharpay realizes she has to kick it up a notch. So she tempts Troy with influential friends, a coveted basketball scholarship, and a fast-track to the high life. Troy’s torn between his dreams for the future and his high school friends. It doesn’t help when he gets preferential treatment from the club manager (Mark Taylor).
Ok, so the storyline probably bears little resemblance to real teen life. No drugs, sex, bad language, or gang warfare in this movie – and that’s a good thing! What a pleasure to watch an innocent movie that still has plenty of teen angst and clique issues.
The songs and choreography are even better than the first movie, including the high-energy opener, “What Time is It?,” Troy and Gabriella’s duet, “You Are the Music In Me,” the hip-hoppish “I Don’t Dance,” Troy’s golf-course solo, “Bet On It,” and the ensemble finale, “All For One.”
My 10-year-old daughter particularly loved Sharpay’s poolside tune, “Fabulous,” and Gabriella’s tearful “Gotta Go My Own Way.”
Disney Channel fans: keep an eye out for Miley Cyrus (“Hannah Montana”) as an extra!
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Jane:
Gotta go find it!
Is this available on DVD now?? I totally want it for Christmas...um, I mean Nicholas would totally love it for Christmas.
Posted by Kris on Dec 21, 2007
I can wait to see the movie ,when it will be released?
Posted by hollywood night life on Jan 12, 2008
It should be available on DVD soon, I think it only just opened in the UK and Europe so should be released on DVD sometime in April I believe.
Posted by Hannah Montana on Mar 10, 2008
Did Miley Cyrus from Hannah Montana star in this?
Posted by Miley Cyrus on Mar 25, 2008
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