High School Musical

UK Release: 22nd September 2006

Watched on DVD: Tuesday 24th January 2012

Rating: U

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family

Runtime: 1hr 38mins

Tagline: This School Rocks Like No Other!

IMDb Plot Synopsis: Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are two totally different teenagers who meet at a party while singing karaoke on New Years Eve. One week later Troy goes back to his high school, East High, in New Mexico to find that Gabriella is a new student there. They quickly become close friends and accidentally audition for the school musical. After getting a callback, drama queen, Sharpay Evans and her sidekick brother, Ryan are furious. Then Chad, Troy's best friend and basketball teammate, and Taylor, Gabriella's new friend on the decathlon team must find out a way to make Gabriella hate Troy. After seeing that Troy and Gabriella sad about not talking, they soon support their choices and let them "break free".

A Quick Review: Don’t judge me but I turned to this film when I was ill a few weeks ago as an attempt to cheer me up. And while the feel-good dance routines and cheesy romance between Troy and Gabriella helped a little bit there was no getting away from the fact that it was beyond cringe-worthy. It was unfortunately not as good as I remember it - but that’s probably because the last time I watched High School Musical I was much younger!

If you want a bit of cheese and over the top dance numbers then why not? Otherwise leave it well alone.

Score: 6/10