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Tell Others About This Page By Using This Button "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3: SENIOR YEAR" (2008) (Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgins) (G) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Minor None Moderate None None Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Moderate None None None None Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Mild None Minor Mild Minor QUICK TAKE: Musical: Various high school students go through their senior year and try to figure out their futures, all while rehearsing for their big musical. PLOT: At Albuquerque's East High School, Troy Bolton (ZAC EFRON) is the big man on campus, not only due to him being the most popular student and star basketball player, but also because his girlfriend, Gabriella Montez (VANESSA HUDGENS), is beautiful and smart. Yet, their future together after high school seems uncertain, what with her planning to attend Stanford, while he's earmarked to play basketball at the University of Albuquerque alongside his best friend and current teammate Chad Danforth (CORBIN BLEU) who likes Gabriella's best friend, yearbook editor Taylor McKessie (MONIQUE COLEMAN). Meanwhile, composer Kelsi Nielsen (OLESYA RULIN) has signed up them and others for the school's big year-end musical in order to keep the school's drama diva, Sharpay Evans (ASHLEY TISDALE) from taking over the show for herself. Jealous of Kelsi writing a duet for Troy and Gabriella, Sharpay enlists both her twin brother and the show's choreographer, Ryan (LUCAS GRABEEL), and foreign transfer student turned personal assistant, Tiara Gold (JEMMA McKENZIE-BROWN), to try to undermine the stars, all while drama teacher Ms. Darbus (ALYSON REED) tries to keep the show on schedule. As the school and basketball torch are passed down to underclassmen such as Jimmy Zara (MATT PROKOP) and Donny Dion (JUSTIN MARTIN), Troy and Gabriella must figure out their collegiate and romantic futures, all as the high school musical gears up for its big debut. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're fans of the first two "High School Musical" movies, they most definitely will. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: G Presumably for not containing material to warrant a higher rating. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: ZAC EFRON plays the school's most popular student and star athlete who's deeply in love with Gabriella, and thus not crazy about being so far apart in their upcoming college days. Feeling that his collegiate future has already been predetermined for him through his dad and others' expectations of him attending and playing hoops for the local university, he must decide between that and an unexpected offer from Julliard. VANESSA HUDGENS plays his girlfriend who's hesitant about telling him she might attend Stanford early and thus miss both the musical and school dance with him. ASHLEY TISDALE plays the school's resident diva who thinks she's hot stuff both on and off the stage, and isn't shy about letting everyone know that. Jealous of Troy and Gabriella getting the limelight, she conspires against them. LUCAS GRABEEL plays her twin brother, the show's choreographer and performer who's somewhat of her coconspirator. CORBIN BLEU plays Troy's best friend and teammate on the basketball team who envisions the two of them carrying on the same while playing for and attending the local university. He's sweet on Taylor, but is nervous about asking her to the dance. MONIQUE COLEMAN plays Gabriella's best friend, the yearbook editor who somewhat plays hard to get with Chad. OLESYA RULIN plays the student composer for the musical. JEMMA McKENZIE-BROWN plays a transfer student from London who becomes Sharpay's personal assistant, doing much of her dirty work for her, but is really just setting herself up for success. MATT PROKOP plays a cocksure but still awkward underclassman who sees Troy as his role model and idol, both on the basketball court and theater stage. ALYSON REED plays the drama teacher who tries to keep the show on track, all while giving advice to Troy to trust his instinct regarding his future. JUSTIN MARTIN plays his friend and fellow underclassman. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: Here's a quick look at the content found in this G-rated musical. No profanity is present, but some colorful phrases are. Cleavage is seen in several scenes, the camera focuses on a high school girl's butt in her short skirt, and others are seen in similar somewhat skimpy attire, there's a brief kiss, and some boys are briefly seen wearing just towels wrapped around their waists. Some bad attitudes are present, as is behavior (dance moves, etc.) and clothing choices (short skirts, etc.) that some kids might want to imitate. Some characters hold tropical drinks in a musical number, but there's no consumption, while there's brief contact in a basketball game, and a father and son briefly have a disagreement over the latter's post-high school choices. If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, there's some of that during the opening basketball sequence, later from camera flashes, then from lightning, and finally near strobe intensity during a musical number. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE During an imagined musical number, Sharpay and Ryan are handed tropical drinks, but there's no consumption. BLOOD/GORE None. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Sharpay is conceited, conniving, and looks down on others around her. Ryan asks Kelsi to the prom just to get access to the song she's written for Troy and Gabriella (all for his sister), but then seems to have a slight change of heart. Tiara does various bits of scheming for Sharpay, but then later shows that she was actually just sizing her up to take her place. Sharpay looks down on Jimmy and is appalled and disgusted when he unexpectedly appears in a musical number with her. FRIGHTENING SCENES None. GUNS/WEAPONS None. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "It's time to turn it up," "Game on," "What's up, dudes?" "Bro," "Jeez," "Golly gee, how adorable," "Give me a break," "Sweet," "You nailed it," "Now I'm really freaking out," "Dude," "You moron," "Listen babe," "Gentlemen, start your engines," "Oh my goodness, what to do?" "So I can whoop your butt again," "This is a little awkward," "Toodles," "Is that your cologne or a toxic spill?" and "We're scheduled to kick some Redhawk butt next year." The various dance and acrobatic moves might be enticing for some kids to imitate, while others might want to dress like some of the characters (including short skirts and cleavage-revealing tops). We see a player with a paw print either dyed or cut into the hair on the back of his head. Kelsi signs up various students for the musical without their permission/knowledge (to prevent Sharpay from turning the year-end musical into a one-woman show). Sharpay and Ryan stand on a table in the cafeteria. During an imagined musical number, Troy has a large heart tattoo on his arm, while a young woman appearing as a cabbie has "NYC" tattooed on her arm. We see Jimmy, Donny and other guys in just towels in the locker room. They then discover that Troy and Chad have taken and are now holding their clothes, with the younger students then giving chase throughout the school (including a girl's volleyball game), but no nudity is ever seen as the towels stay in place. Chad stands on a table in the cafeteria. A guy briefly does some clothed pelvic thrusting in a musical number. Troy stands and then climbs over chairs in the theater seating. Troy and Chad dance on cars in a junkyard during a musical number, while they and others also roll around on large tires. JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) None. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) None. PROFANITY None. SEX/NUDITY Some cheerleaders show a little cleavage, and there may be brief and partial panty and/or leotard bottom views when they spin around and their short skirts whirl up (there are too many to watch all of them). Gabriella shows varying amounts of cleavage (sometimes a fair amount) in various outfits, some of them low-cut. The camera briefly focuses in close-up on Sharpay's butt in her short skirt as she sashays down the school hallway, drawing the attention of various boys. During an imagined musical number, we see a young man with his shirt open in the front. During an imagined musical number, we see Sharpay in a standard leotard, while various other young women are seen in costumes that include fairly short and formfitting shorts. We see Jimmy, Donny and other guys in just towels in the locker room. They then discover that Troy and Chad have taken and are now holding their clothes, with the younger students then giving chase throughout the school (including a girl's volleyball game), but no nudity is ever seen as the towels stay in place. A guy briefly does some clothed pelvic thrusting in a musical number. We see Troy's bare back when he changes shirts. Gabriella is occasionally seen in fairly short skirts. Troy and Gabriella do some brief but passionate, clothed kissing. Sharpay shows some cleavage. SMOKING None. TENSE FAMILY SCENES Troy and his dad have a little bit of a tiff regarding the former not wanting his college future chosen for him, while his dad is slightly upset that Troy hasn't spoken to him about his other choices. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT High school romance and how college plans (and separation) can change all of that. Troy being upset that his future (at least as far as college is concerned) has already been chosen for him. Ms. Darbus telling Troy to trust his instinct. VIOLENCE Troy is knocked to the floor during a game from some hard contact, and the same occurs later to Chad. Reviewed October 22, 2008 / Posted October 24, 2008

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