Movie Review - High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Southern Man has a nine-year-old daughter and is thus occasionally subjected to movies like High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which is an annoyingly bright and cheery Disney kid-fest with a running time as overlong as the title. It's predictable and flashy and a thousand times sweeter than sugar and has all of the familiar cast from HSM 1 and 2 so of course she loved every minute, but Southern Man (who is generally able to enjoy just about anything on the silver screen, especially when he already knew all the songs from constant rotation on the Disney Channel) was reduced to playing FreeCell on his cell phone for the final hour. Thankfully, Southern Grandma bought the DVDs for the first two and she'll take care of the third as well, so it's possible that Southern Man will not have to endure this one again. But if you have small children, prepare yourself for the worst.