A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.
High School Musical has generally received mixed reviews.
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Review of High School Musical (2006)
By Kevin Carr (1,610) for 7M Pictures (1,037) on 24 May 2006
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High School Musical was released in 2006 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 565 reviews, giving High School Musical (2006) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 68%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 52%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with High School Musical than critics were.
With a score of 60%, High School Musical is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2006, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2006 with similar scores include films like Silent Hill, The Hills Have Eyes and Smokin' Aces.
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