Milk is the story of Harvey Milk. It’s a film that could have easily been a politicized puff piece dedicated to a so-called Great American Hero. Instead, director Gus Van Sant tells the story of a rather lucky gay guy who, by natural charisma and a borderline unhealthy love of power, begins a wave of support for gay rights that would eventually spread all across the country. Enjoy Milk, starring Sean Penn! FREE

Someday, Troy and Gabriella will actually open their mouths when they kiss.

Someday, Sharpay won’t have backup dancers magically appear out of nowhere during her self-glorifying production numbers.

But for now, everything remains safely wholesome and intact in “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” even as the series leaps from television to the big screen.

All those winsome East High Wildcats are back from parts one and two of the freakishly successful Disney Channel franchise — Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, et al. — as are mad-genius director Kenny Ortega and writer Peter Barsocchini. Only now, they have more expensive toys to play with, so the production values are glossier and the musical numbers are splashier.

But even as this third installment wallows in nostalgia, with the kids preparing for prom and clinging to the last moments of their senior year, it’s also clearly meant as a launching pad for the grown-up career of the dreamy Efron; one big dance sequence makes it obvious why he was chosen to star in the remake of “Footloose.” (Which is just plain wrong, says this child of the ’80s, but that’s a discussion for another time.)

Efron is tremendously magnetic with those high cheekbones and clear blue eyes, and here you finally see his potential as more than just a teen heartthrob: You see him as a leading man.

Will the movie win any new fans? Doubtful. If you’re not the parent, aunt or uncle of a 9-year-old, you’ve probably managed to keep the whole “HSM” phenomenon at the periphery of your consciousness, and you’ll continue to do so. But for those kids in the target audience, this is movie nirvana. And the adults forced to schlep with them to the multiplex? They’ll find it surprisingly tolerable. The songs are so catchy and the “HSM” kids are so good-looking and high-energy, you may as well surrender to their manipulative ways.

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