Pitch Perfect (2012)

Directed by Jason Moore
Written by Kay Cannon based on the book by Mickey Rapkin
Starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson and Skylar Astin

Beca, a reclusive freshman at Barden University with dreams of becoming a music producer, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school’s all-girls singing group. The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.

I have to admit, from the time this movie came out up until this very week, I avoided this movie like the plague. For me, the whole competitive A Cappella, “Glee” inspired fad is so tired. Everyone and their mothers and their mother’s mothers have attempted an A Cappella based show or movie. So naturally, I was skeptical to watch it. But I did. And it wasn’t as bad as I imagined. However, that’s the highest compliment I can give it.

I am nowhere near the key demographic for this movie, so please take everything I say about it with a grain of salt. It wasn’t good. It wasn’t terrible. It was…OK. Many of the jokes were poorly executed or felt incredibly forced.

However, I will say that the jokes that did land for me, landed very well and had me laughing harder than I ever thought I would watching this movie. In particular, everything Lilly Okanakamura said was on point.

All in all, I’m glad I watched it. I may not have loved it quite as much as some people I know, but it was an enjoyable movie and now I have some idea of what to expect from the sequel. It had great songs and fun characters who all had unique personalities, which is definitely not something I expected. It just goes to show you that sometimes a movie can take you by surprise.

My Rating: 6.5/10