It doesn’t matter if you like it… your kids did.
This movie is the highest selling direct to video movie of all time to date. The soundtrack is still on the Billboard 200 (top 200 albums). In the album's third week, for the chart dated February 11, 2006, it climbed to number ten, and has since risen to number one on the Billboard 200 twice (on March 1 and March 22) and was certified triple platinum by the RIAA.
The film is about two teenagers who decide to try out for their high school musical against wishes of almost everyone. This young couple falls in love with music and each other in the middle of all the chaos.
The film is good clean fun with some very catchy songs.
I only have one complaint: the lipsinking of the “pre-recorded” songs is so painfully obvious that it makes Ashley Simpson’s SNL performance look like a Streisand picture. But most kids don’t notice that, and frankly… I’m just thrilled that a clean film became so popular.
SHOULD KIDS SEE IT:
Absolutely. No question. The film is cleaner than
Finding Nemo. The only objection that some parents may have is the typical “adults are mostly dumb—kids know best.” But what else is new with Disney.
Conversation Starter
Three Simple Questions (with Answers You May Be Looking for):
- What are some of the messages or themes you observed in this movie?
- How do you suppose we—as serious Christ-followers—should react to this movie?
- How can we move from healthy, Bible-based opinions about this movie to actually living out those opinions?
Jonathan McKee, president of The Source for Youth
Ministry, is the author of numerous books including the new
Should I Just Smash My Kid's Phone?, and youth ministry books like
Ministry By Teenagers,
Connect: Real Relationships in a
World of Isolation, and the award winning book
Do They Run When They See You Coming? Jonathan
speaks and trains at conferences, churches and events across North
America, all while providing free resources for youth workers and parents on his
websites,
TheSource4YM.com and
TheSource4Parents.com. You can follow Jonathan on
his blog, getting a regular dose of youth culture and parenting help.
Jonathan and his wife Lori, and their three teenagers Alec, Alyssa and Ashley live
in California.
