Genre: Musical, Romance, Family
Rating: C+
This is a
bad movie. It is cheesy, over the top,
juvenile, and really kind of lame. The
singing is good, but the actual music is rather ridiculous. If you don’t enjoy lame, cheesy musicals, don’t
see High School Musical. That having been said, while High School Musical is lame and cheesy
and overall bad, it’s also fun. And good,
but in a “why am I enjoying this” kind of way.
If you enjoy cheesy Disney musicals, then this is the movie for you.
Troy Bolton
(Efron) and Gabriella Montez (Hudgens) have chemistry from the first moment
that they sing together, at a New Years Eve party they both attend while on a
vacation. As circumstance would happen, Gabriella
transfers to Troy’s school in the new year, and pretty quickly the pair begins
to stir up trouble. Troy is the captain
of the school basketball team and as their biggest game of the season is coming
up his team is counting on them to lead them to victory. Gabriella is pretty much a genius, and the
school’s scholastic decathlon team really hopes that she’ll join and lead them
to victory. Meanwhile, auditions for the
school musical are occurring, and both Troy and Gabriella are interested in
joining. Attempts to thwart this desire
come from all sides: the basketball team, lead by Chad Danforth (Bleu); the scholastic
decathlon team, lead by Taylor McKessie (Coleman); and regular musical stars, Sharpay
(Tisdale) and Ryan Evans (Grabeel). The
only person who seems to actually be on their side is pianist and show writer
Kelsi Nielsen (Rulin).
Once again,
this movie is silly and juvenile. The
singing is what I would expect from a Disney production, but the actual music
is not – although, I do have to say, the songs are catchy, and after watching
it I found myself singing the closing song, “We’re All in this Together.” The plot is somewhat completely ludicrous,
and utilizes the age-old trope of various cliques within a high school being
set against each other. The way that
they all come together in the end, however, is rather heartwarming. This isn’t a movie that you should really
expect much from, or think too much about, but rather watch when you just want
to be entertained.
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