Pitch Perfect (2012)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 136
Fresh: 110 | Rotten: 26
Pitch Perfect's plot is formulaic, but the performances are excellent and the musical numbers are toe-tapping as well.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 8
Pitch Perfect's plot is formulaic, but the performances are excellent and the musical numbers are toe-tapping as well.
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Movie Info
Beca (Anna Kendrick) is that girl who'd rather listen to what's coming out of her headphones than what's coming out of you. Arriving at her new college, she finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together, in the new out-loud comedy Pitch Perfect. When Beca takes this acoustic singing group out of their
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Cast
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Anna Kendrick
Beca -
Skylar Astin
Jesse -
Ben Platt
Benji -
Brittany Snow
Chloe -
Anna Camp
Aubrey -
Rebel Wilson
Fat Amy -
Alexis Knapp
Stacie -
Michael Dean Ester
Cynthia Rose -
Hana Mae Lee
Lilly -
Kelley Alice Jakle
Jessica -
Wanetah Walmsley
Denise -
Shelley Regner
Ashley -
Caroline Fourmy
Mary Elise -
Nicole Lovince
Kori -
Adam DeVine
Bumper -
Utkarsh Ambudkar
Donald -
Michael Viruet
Unicycle -
David Del Rio
Kolio -
Elizabeth Banks
Gail -
John Michael Higgins
John -
John Benjamin Hickey
Dr. Mitchell -
Freddie Stroma
Luke -
Jinhee Joung
Kimmy Jin -
Jacob Wysocki
Justin -
Jawan Harris
Timothy -
Richard Kohnke
Football Player-ATO -
Scott Shilstone
Frat Boy-ATO -
Brock Vincent Kelly
Howie, Howie-ATO -
Drew Battles
Emcee at Regional's -
Katrina DeSpain
Barden Greeter -
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Kether Donohue
Alice -
Karen Gonzales
Barb -
Lauren Gros
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Alex Biglane
RIAC Representative #2 -
Michael Alexander
Jewish Student -
Tyler Forrest
High Note #1 -
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Tommy
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All Critics (136) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (110) | Rotten (26) | DVD (1)
'30 Rock' and 'New Girl' writer Kay Cannon has created brilliant characters.
Top CriticThe girls, for the most part, are genuinely funny, weird, real, and, most excitingly, confident.
Warblers win the day in this sweet-natured film (based on a swell behind-the-scenes book by Mickey Rapkin) about the life and loves of collegians from competing a-cappella groups.
This is one of the strangest and also one of the more entertaining movies of the year.
Cannon doesn't go in for rococo hipster badinage in the vein of Diablo Cody. She can pare down a joke to its essence ...
What we have here is a not-very-funny college comedy for tweens, full of unappealing characters (and although the musical arrangements are fun, some truly unimaginative choreography).
On paper, this all looks oh-so High School Musical: The College Years, but the beauty of Pitch Perfect is they way it turns its formulaic moments into unexpected hilarity.
Mostly works because the characters are engaging and the musical performances well-chosen and well-done
Is Pitch Perfect this year's Bridesmaids? If by that we mean a thoroughly likable and surprisingly funny comedy, then yes, I suppose it is.
The sung numbers are pretty dreadful but you can't have everything.
It's 80% affectionate parody of this sort of musical, but the numbers are taken seriously and are admirably choreographed, and the performances are sprightly.
( ... ) after several years of Hollywood digging into ever deeper wells of gross-out smut, this is a real reversal of fortune.
There are things to whinge about here. But Pitch Perfect proves impossible to resist.
It's a lightweight confection, but Pitch Perfect is great fun while the fat lady (and the skinny one) sings.
As far as the so-called humour goes, we're operating on a sliding scale from lazy to downright offensive.
Even if Pitch Perfect doesn't stand up to much scrutiny, it's still an enjoyable romp on the surface.
There are great moments and the songs are well put together and catchy.
It's like a superior, wittier double-episode of Glee.
The song's the same, but Pitch Perfect is a great cover version.
Amusing though the movie can be, there's something missing in the warmth department. Like songs without accompaniment, its jokes lack any charm or liking for the characters.
The plot won't surprise but it's fun and freaky in equal measure.
The Spinal Tap of unaccompanied singing.
Hugely enjoyable comedy that hits all the right notes, thanks to a razor-sharp script, impressively staged musical numbers and a pair of brilliant comic performances from Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson.
Kendrick's alt-girl good-naturedly holds it all together, leaving room for Australian star Wilson to really shine with some inspired improv while comedy nuggets are strewn elsewhere ...
Oh, the gag-packed trailer spoiled the entire film.
Pitch Perfect is the most musical fun we've had since Hairspray.
Audience Reviews for Pitch Perfect
Super Reviewer
Beca is a loner college freshman who can't find a clique to belong to until she gets muscled into the last one she thought possible: an all girl a capella singing group surprisingly made up of a diverse group of girls from all walks of life.
Having a background in music, I was able to appreciate this film a little more. Granted, the music being performed here is cover versions of stuff I'm not into, but I can recognize something entertaining and crowd pleasing when I hear it.
The cast is made up of typical tokens, but somehow I really didn't seem to mind, no matter how predictable and unoriginal this all is. As Beca, Anna Kendrick is really good as the alternative chick, but, like most people, I found myself being most entertained by Rebel Wilson's turn as the odd and eccentric Fat Amy. She's the clear scene stealer and best thing going on here, though Hana Mae Lee as the super quiet and creepy Lilly was also pretty awesome.
The film is really predictable, formulaic, and cheesy, yet I found myself not caring about any of that. It's a feel good crowd pleaser, quite funny, and yeah, even the music performances are done pretty well.
It's nothing new, but is done far better than it has any right to be. I say give it a watch.
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- Chloe: I have nodes. I am living with nodes. But I am a survivor, but I have to pull back because I am limited. Because I have nodes.
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- Jesse: You want me to go get you lunch? Maybe you should lay off the hamburgers; you won't be twenty-two forever.
- Luke: I think I'm good.
- Beca: He's good. You're good.
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- Justin: If I could sing a lick, in any human possible way I would, but I can't and I hate myself every day because of it.
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- Fat Amy: I'm gonna finish him like a cheesecake!!!
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- Aubrey: Acca-scuse me?
- Fat Amy: Acca-believe it!
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- Chloe: This ginger needs her jiggle juice.
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