High School Musical 2

"Are you ready for the start of something new?"

2007 1h 51m EN

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6.5

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83%

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5.3

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★6.5TMDB · 3,924🍅83%Rotten Tomatoes★5.3IMDB · 71,365

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Synopsis

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The East High Wildcats are gearing up for big fun as they land the coolest summer jobs imaginable. Troy, Gabriella, Chad, and Taylor have scored sweet gigs at the Lava Springs Country Club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family. Sharpay's first rule of business: Get Troy. As Troy experiences a life of privilege he's never known, will he give up the Wildcats and Gabriella to rise to the top?

“Are you ready for the start of something new?”

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Cast

Zac Efron
Troy Bolton
Vanessa Hudgens
Gabriella Montez
Ashley French
Sharpay Evans
Lucas Grabeel
Ryan Evans
Corbin Bleu
Chad Danforth
Olesya Rulin
Kelsi Nielsen
Chris Warren
Zeke Baylor
Monique Coleman
Taylor McKessie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenny Ortega
Writers: Peter Barsocchini
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "High School Musical Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kenny Ortega, shot by Daniel Aranyó. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Lawrence. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Seth Flaum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley French carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "Are you ready for the start of something new?".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0810900 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Kenny Ortega directs. Daniel Aranyó behind the camera. David Lawrence scores. Seth Flaum cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 19 years ago.
2Part of the "High School Musical Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Kenny Ortega, shot by Daniel Aranyó. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by David Lawrence. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Seth Flaum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley French carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Are you ready for the start of something new?".
8IMDB entry: tt0810900 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 9 themes, including "affectation", "musical", "basketball", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Daniel Aranyó
Original score: David Lawrence
Editing: Seth Flaum
Production design: Mark Hofeling
Costume design: Tom McKinley
Makeup / hair: Ryan McCormick
Stunt coordinator: Don Shanks
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: High School Musical 2 (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes: 83% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 5.3/10 · 71,365 votes
MPAA: TV-G

Awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 5 wins & 10 nominations total

Part of

High School Musical Collection

The High School Musical film series chronicles two high school students, Troy Bolton, captain of East High School’s basketball team (Wildcats) and Gabriella Montez, a shy top student. Both of them try out for the lead roles in their school's musical and quickly fall in love in the process, despite the lack of support from the rest of their classmates, one of them being Sharpay Evans and her brother sidekick Ryan Evans. The film also focuses on Chad Danforth, Troy's best friend and Taylor McKessie, Gabriella's best friend who fall in love, too.

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CinemaSerf2023-12-08
★ 6/10
Flush with the success of winning their high school basketball tournament and now suitably loved up, "Troy" (Zac Efron) is offered a summer job at an exclusive country club. He's keen but wants "Gabriella" (Vanessa Hudgens) to join him. A quick chat with the manager and it seems the entire class now have jobs there... Except, of course, "Sharpay" (Ashley Tisdale) and brother 'Ryan" (Lucas Grabeel) whose folks just happen to own the place. Smell a rat, yet? Well it seems that the spoiled "Sharpay" has designs on "Troy" - well on his voice, anyway - and so she uses her wiles, her money and her parents to promise him a lucrative scholarship, some nice Italian golf shoes and a great deal of effective flattery. His gal and his friends start not to recognise him and it looks like she has him on a plate... Can he come to his senses before he is subsumed into a life of pink poodles? What this really misses is Alyson Reed's over-the-top teacher "Ms. Darbus" who hardly features, and also a killer song. There's still plenty of ensemble choreography numbers and more cheese than you can ever fondue, before a denouement that is really rather predictably flat. Again, I think Grabeel is the man with the talent here - he can dance and hold a note way better than the star of the show, and by the time it ended I did wonder if this already weary franchise had any more legs. Not very good, sorry.

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