While it was naive to hope high school would be like “High School Musical,” I realized if there was one thing the franchise got right, it was their interpretation of senior year. “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” portrays the complicated journey seniors face, when trying to figure out what they want in life before entering the real world.
Lemonade Mouth really gets underway when these five strangers are all assigned detention. Soon enough, they start tapping on desks and, through Disney magic, find they have rhythm together. Suddenly they burst into an improvised song.
Of course, the future bandmates think it's a bad idea but find it a welcome distraction to their everyday problems. An unlikely friendship is born working together, helping them through their parents' disapproval, rival band bullies, and the corporate shill Principal Brenigan (Christopher McDonald). The band breaks up a few times, stands up to power, and wind up in jail… all of which is on par for the story structure of a Disney Channel movie.
Musical genius, Cyrus DeBarge (Tyler James Williams) lives a double life. By day, Cyrus is a church-going, sin-free teen, that helps out with his local church music group for free, but by night, Cyrus works busting tables for a hiphop/rap club where the raps consist of downing others about their breath.
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam reunites the Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato from the original 2008 TV movie — a huge hit for the channel that capitalized on the Jonases’ stardom just as they were crossing over into mainstream consciousness.