| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"The new movie is brainless, tuneful, wholesome, and calorie-free - Diet Coke in a bigger bottle." more... |
C |
Chicago Tribune
Matt Pais |
"Shriek! Squeal! Giggle! Wait, it's actually--gulp--reasonably good." more... |
B |
E! Online
Jen Cady |
"There is absolutely no way fans of this series will be disappointed." more... |
B |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"I don't want to overpraise the High School Musical films... but it's hard to resist the way they take American teen culture back to the future." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"...it looks like it came from some alternate world, one that basks in the eternal sunshine of the spotless skin." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"The movie’s cleverest notion is its portrayal of sports and musical comedy as interchangeable." more... |
B- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a nonthreatening sexual marshmallow." more... |
D |
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub |
"Efron is once again Travolta-esque, although he appears to be quickly outgrowing this material." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Travis Nichols |
"Efron seems more confident..." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...the plot is almost incidental, and characters never go beyond one-dimensional." more... |
B- |
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