- Network: Disney , Disney Channel
- Series Premiere Date: Aug 17, 2007
- Season #: 1
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100High School Musical 2 is very good. It's more than listenable. The music is surprisingly catchy, smartly penned and not annoying.
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80The makers of High School Musical 2 wanted to avoid repeating themselves. They have succeeded. They have delivered a sequel that is both zanier and more dramatic than the original.
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HSM2 is better than the original, and not only because its production budget is reportedly triple the first cable movie. The songs are bolder.... The acting by the returning well-scrubbed cast is better.
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80High School Musical 2 s zippier, bouncier, prettier, more soulful and even more musical than its predecessor, and that's saying something.
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80High School Musical 2's audience already knows how this movie ends. But they'll watch and re-watch because it has such an unembarrassed good time getting there.
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80By the time the sing-along version of High School Musical 2 airs Sunday (8/19, 8/7c), two nights after the first screening, many kids already will have memorized the lyrics--and probably many of the dance moves. It's going to be that addictive.
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80Proving that lightning can and does strike twice, High School Musical 2 actually surpasses the first movie in sheer energy and verve.
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The movie is as good as the first one, with even better dancing and a story line that engages.
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80So it's not the most original plot. So what? Kids are going to freak over it, and watch it again and again and again.... Tisdale is once again great as Sharpay--her performance of Fabulous is the best thing in the movie--and Lucas Grabeel gets his chance to shine as her long-suffering brother Ryan.
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80For those who loved the original - and for those who liked it for its good nature, charm and peppy production numbers (that includes me)--the good news is that, if anything, the creators have managed to improve on the basic formula.
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75High School Musical 2 is an inevitable, unstoppable juggernaut--so be grateful it's as good as it is.
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The story isn't quite as fresh, nor the message as warming, but there are wall-to-wall zippy pop numbers to keep your little girls squealing happily.
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75Obviously bigger and in most ways better than the wildly popular original, High School Musical 2 is as certain a bet to find and please its target audience as you're likely to find.
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75High School Musical 2 is pretty much a total tuneful blast.
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75If you liked the first one, you'll like this one just fine. The kids are just as photogenic and the songs are just as hummable. It won't launch any more careers, but it's a good family film for a warm Friday night.
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70Compared to the original, it's slicker, brighter, more obviously produced, and a smidgen less fun.
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70Even with its eye-rolling plot and its McMusic, High School Musical 2, like the original, does well by doing good.
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70Disney's HSM2 delivers precisely what's required. And America is all ears.
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70What they'll see is a film that feels bigger, if not necessarily better, than the original.
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None of the songs really stand out the way they did in the original. Kenny Ortega's lively choreography, however, is once again top-notch.
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To some extent, the sequel could never live up to "HS1" because the first film was such a surprise. There are more than a few high notes in the sequel, but there are also some flat notes as well.
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50When they're genuinely goofy, they make you grin--but too much of it feels forced.
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The movie is mediocre, and should be skipped.
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