Pitch Perfect Review

Last weekend, the daughter and I caught Pitch Perfect at a Cinepolis Luxury Cinema (more on them later). Pitch Perfect, directed by Jason Moore, was written by Kay Cannon based on the book of the same name by Mickey Rapkin. The movie stars Anna Kendrick, as Beca, who joins an all girls a cappella singing group: the Barden Bellas.

The movie is mixture of college coming of age story, musical and a little bit gross-out comedy. One of the reasons my daughter wanted to see it was for Rebel Wilson (who she has liked in other films), who plays Fat Amy an outspoken member of the Bellas. In the film, the Bellas are being rebuilt in the film after an unfortunate incident the prior year at the National a cappella singing competition and fighting hard to compete with their on campus rivals: the Treblemakers.

Part of the fun of the movie is the quirky characters on the Bellas from their driven leader Aubrey (played by Anna Camp) to her more spirited right-hand, Chloe (played well by Brittany Snow). One of the show stealers in the movie is Lilly, a very soft-spoken girl who says off the wall things – if you can hear what she is saying (Hana Mae Lee plays her very well).

What we liked about Pitch Perfect was the music and fun interaction of the cast.  The singing is also good as shown well in the Riff Off scene is great where the singing groups at the college all musically duel with each other. Probably the best, though, is an incredibly awkward (and pretty much kid friendly) shower scene with Anna Kendrick and Brittany Snow. Additionally, Anna Kendrick is very believable as a focused music lover whose character has a lot of growth from her reluctant audition for the Bellas to the end of the movie.

There were a couple of gross-out scenes that were a little over the top (and not necessarily needed) and some of the dialogue is a little awkward at times, but overall Pitch Perfect is fun with good music to go with it. Definitely worth seeing even if you don’t put down the $19.50 for a comfy seat like one of these:

Overall 3.5 Mick Happies for Pitch Perfect. Now if only they would have put all of the music in the soundtrack, I would be listening to it right now.