“High School Musical 3: Senior Year” offers you a straight bombshell of delightful effervesce. And this is what makes it different, catchy and enjoyable. It may be as affable and undemanding as its prequels and any other dancing-themed teen movies, but this particular feature does not necessarily imply that the film is an edgy relic. It manages to find sufficient sagacity so as to understand that in a period which praises sharp and daring satire, spontaneity and authenticity may create their own upheaval, a fresh-faced slap on the wrist to industrial coolness.

All of those charming East High super teens, Zac Efron as Troy Bolton, Vanessa Hudgens in the shoes of Gabriella Montez, Ashley Tisdale as Princess Sharpay Evans, Corbin Bleu playing Chad Danforth and Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans, have decided to take the absurdly booming Disney Channel franchise to a silver screen part three, together with director Kenny Ortega and writer Peter Barsocchini. Nevertheless, everything seems to be getting better and better for the musical and its kids, since the numbers are glitzier, flashier and more flamboyant than ever (perhaps due to a higher budget).

However, at the same time as this third chapter of the musical flounders in wistfulness, as the teens are getting ready for the long awaited prom night and are clutching on to the final scenes of their senior year, it is also obviously intended to serve as an introductory episode to the full-fledged calling of the pensive Zac Efron. The actor is outstandingly charismatic with his plain blue eyes, as well as his breathtaking smile, and here you have got the chance to observe his aptitudes that surpass those of a mere teenage hottie. He can actually embody the perfect front man.

As “High School Musical 3” returns to Troy and Gabriella, we find out that their love is threatened by graduation and a possible break up. Troy wants to attend the University of Albuquerque, the city where the action takes place, on a basketball scholarship (he wastes no time in singing and dancing while dribbling and scoring), while the lovely Gabriella plans to go on with her studies at Stanford University.

The conflict arises in the character himself, when Troy is hit out of the blue by an opportunity to study theater at The Juilliard School. Thus, the “to be or not to be” question is brought to light: acting or sports? While the dilemma seems to grow, Troy is forced to face an identity crisis, or profession crisis, or whatever.

But a Disney film would not be a Disney film if one could not predict the grand finale and, therefore, drama resembles comedy in “Senior Year.” And I sure know parents out there are screaming with joy: “Thank God it’s over!”

Who knows? Maybe they’re wrong.