Pitch Perfect: Movie Review

Hello, my gorgeous, adoring fans! This past week I saw a few movies...some were good...some were not. I won't even get into the not so good ones...::cough::. The Master .::cough::. because while it is probably an important film with great performances, it is not an entertaining one. Anyway, Pitch Perfect is about as perfect as a fun, young, comedy can be. For the first couple minutes of the movie, there was some bad, awkward writing for Anna Kendrick's character, Becca, but because Kendrick is so likable and talented, it was okay and the movie quickly picked up from there. 

The premise is that a school's a girl acappella group bombed at the acappella championships the year before and were beat by the all boy group from the same school. Anna Camp who is the leader of the group got nervous and projectile vomited all over the stage and is left with her friend Chloe, played hilariously by Brittany Snow, to pick up the pieces and form a mostly new group and make it to finals. The girls manage to get a group together and thus a story of friendship, belting, music and acappella ensues. 

The cast is really great. The standout, of course, is Rebel Wilson as "Fat Amy." Pretty much everything she does is golden. The director seemed to let her ad-lib a ton and the things she does are just so funny. Everyone was very into her. Skylar Astin is also very likable as Anna Kendrick's love interest and sings amazingly...no surprise, he's a seasoned Broadway veteran...well...I guess that doesn't always mean you can sing these days, but he's good. Speaking of Anna Kendrick, she is really wonderful in the movie and sings very well. Interestingly enough, all the men were stronger singers than the women, but they all knock it out of the park. Elizabeth Banks was also very funny as the competition announcer. 

If you love musicals, singing, acappella, jokes about nodes, etc, RUN don't walk to this movie. Totally entertaining and made me feel like I was in high school again...in the good way.