
Troy and the gang of East High School are going through their senior year, facing graduating and going their separate ways. Coming to terms with the reality of it all, Troy wants to attend the nearby University of Albuquerque next year on a basketball scholarship, but Gabriella wants to attend Stanford University in California. Meanwhile, Sharpay, the school's shallow and spoiled rich girl, plots to go all out planning the school's final musical show with the idea to add musi... (Full plot summary below)
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Troy and the gang of East High School are going through their senior year, facing graduating and going their separate ways. Coming to terms with the reality of it all, Troy wants to attend the nearby University of Albuquerque next year on a basketball scholarship, but Gabriella wants to attend Stanford University in California. Meanwhile, Sharpay, the school's shallow and spoiled rich girl, plots to go all out planning the school's final musical show with the idea to add music to her hopes and fears about the future. While Sharpay takes an up-and-coming British exchange student under her wing, her flamboyant fraternal twin brother, Ryan, has his sights set on something different after school. In addition, Troy's best friend and basketball teammate Chad, and Garbiella's best friend Taylor, all have their sights set on their plans after high school and come to terms with the reality of the real world.
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| Sydney Morning HeraldPaul ByrnesA real, honest-to-goodness teen musical throwback, as if Andy Hardy had never died and James Dean had never lived. |
| Movie ViewsRyan CracknellLike the burnouts who stick longer than their leather jackets warrant, the shtick has gotten stale. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfLiving in a moronic Step Up world of drearily sexualized hipster dancing and manufactured anti-establishment attitudes, the skim milk allure of HSM is appreciated, offering a throwback to the sunny day spirit of a Garland/Rooney musical. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyMore significant as a socio-cultural and demographic than artistic phenomenon, HSM3 is conventional to a fault, but is unadulterated fun, a movie that at once caters to and exploits its demographic status. |
| TV Guide MagazinePerry SeibertIt's a well-produced yearbook that will one day bring back sweet memories for the cast and fans, but probably won't be of interest to anyone who wasn't part of the scene. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanA sweet, innocent look at an impossibly idealized high school world. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Catherine Dawson MarchDisney raised the stakes by turning its hit TV-movie franchise into a feature film – and the bet has paid off. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyFor the most part, the film's musical numbers are dynamic, propelling the story forward. The same cannot be said about Peter Barsocchini's colorless screenplay. |
| Chicago TribuneTasha RobinsonWhat it lacks in narrative ambition, it makes up for in dazzling choreography. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThese are standard youth-movie dilemmas, but they're brought to life by the high-energy cast and the musical numbers, which Ortega shoots with electrifying pizzazz. |