Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
depending on quantity and context.
The teens from the "High School Musical" TV movies graduate to the big screen, where they are also graduating from high school and need to make choices about the direction their lives will be taking. With Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Kaycee Stroh, Olesya Rulin and Jemma McKenzie-Brown. Directed by Kenny Ortega. [1:40]
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A teen boy and a teen girl kiss, a teen boy and a
teen girl dance and nearly kiss, and a teen boy and a teen girl kiss on the cheek. ► A
teen boy and a teen girl sit in a tree house, they sing to each other romantically, and they dance and embrace.
Teen boys and teen girls dance at a party. A teen boy admires a teen girl as she walks by and he holds his chest. A
teen girl sends a note to a teen boy with a lipstick kiss on it. Two
teen boys ask two teen girls to go to the prom with them. ► Cheerleaders wearing short skirts and low-cut tops (revealing cleavage and bare thighs) cheer and dance in several scenes.
Teen girls wear low-cut tops and dresses that reveal cleavage in several scenes. A
teen boy is bare-chested and wears low-slung pants (his bare-chest and abdomen to hip are shown). We see several
teen boys bare-chested, with towels wrapped around their waist, in a locker room; two of them run through school hallways, into a girls' volleyball game and onto a stage chasing two other boys who have taken their clothes. A
teen boy takes off his shirt (we see his bare back to the hip). Teen boys and girls try on prom outfits (cleavage and bare shoulders of the girls
are seen). ► A
teen boy says he's a "babe magnet." A teen girl says, "I want to practice my kissing scene."
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VIOLENCE/GORE 1 - A couple of basketball players are knocked to the court during a game and one seems a bit shaken. ► A
teen boy throws his phone across the room when his girlfriend disappoints him. ► A
teen girl slaps a basketball out of the hands of a teen boy and is angry with him. A crowd of basketball fans is frustrated when their team is losing. Two
teen boys play-fight with play swords.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Growing up, moving on, making life choices, following dreams, parent's dreams for their children, privilege, heartbreak, courage, disappointment, saying goodbye, childhood, aspirations, fame and fortune, friends, enemies.
MESSAGE - Follow your own dream, not that of someone else. Define yourself for yourself and trust your instincts.
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