2007 · comedy · family · tv-movie
High School Musical 2
Directed by Kenny Ortega1h 51m2007
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?
Our read: High School Musical 2 (2007) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded comedy · family · tv-movie entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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“You want sunny poolside musical numbers and zero cynicism tonight.”
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