This movie is about an audition for a school musical and two siblings who find themselves having to rival another two students for the lead roles. The siblings have always been the unanimous choices each year but this time round, their rivals, who are the school basketball team captain and a science brainiac, are given a second round of auditions. They try to get their rivals out of the race, even to the extent of tricking their drama teacher into changing the audition time so as to put the audition at the same time as the basketball championship and the science scholarship quiz.
Their rivals however, have an angel in the composer of the musical, whose music is snubbed by the two siblings. They hold rehearsals together whenever possible and as time passes, they do want to be part of the musical and fall for each other too.
Though the captain and the brainiac are really unwittingly dragged into the auditions, when the drama teacher hears them singing with the composer just for fun, their friends try to prevent them from participating in the musical. The captain's teammates want him to concentrate fully on his basketball tournament, coupled with his coach-cum-father's pressure to be a proper captain. The brainiac's friends too, tell her to go all out for the scholarship quiz, as that is her real forte. This places them in a dilemma as to choosing between their own dreams or the expectations on them by society.
They give in to the pressure on them initially and decide to give up their musical dreams. In fact, it is the captain who falls first. However, he unconsciously denies the feelings he shares with the brainiac in the midst of it. She is obviously upset and follows suit. Their friends slowly note the melancholic change in them and decide to confess their part in quelling the couple's passion. Even the captain's father finally decides that his son's happiness is more important than his expectations on his son.
The movie ends happily with all of them working together to create glitches in the two events so that the couple can go for the audition. Eventually, the two siblings learn to accept that their rivals are indeed worthy to be given the lead roles in the musical and the two parties of friends are amazed at the talent shown forth by the couple in their singing. This is undoubtedly a feel-good show.
Since it is a musical, this movie is liberally peppered with songs throughout its plot development. The lyrics cut close to reality with their focus on love, friendship, the pursuit of dreams and integrity. The emotions showcased by the characters as they sing those songs bring out the saccharine-sweet plot even more. At the same time, the melodies of the songs are pleasing on the ear and most importantly, the cast can actually sing! *big smile*
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