Pitch Perfect

I wasn't exactly going to see Pitch Perfect with anything resembling excitement. My mood would best be described as curious. At the time I thought Pitch Perfect was another wedding movie like Bridesmaids, due to the only actor I'd heard was in it was Rebel Wilson, someone I didn't exactly find hilarious. Turns out I had mixed up Pitch Perfect with Bachelorette. The movie ended up being a pleasant surprise.

It was a fluke that the first post-boxing day movie I was going to see was Pitch Perfect. I was more interested in seeing The Hobbit, or the yet-to-be-released Django Unchained. I wasn't disappointed to discover that Pitch Perfect is actually another College movie set around an a capella group. I had, once upon a time, enjoyed the TV show Glee, and found Pitch Perfect to be a funnier, more mature version of Glee, set at a typical American College.

The movie basically follows a few characters who all join the College's various a capella groups, with a  strong focus on Becca (played by Anna Kendrick), who is more focused on getting out of College and becoming a record producer and DJ in Los Angeles. Skylar Astin plays Jesse, Becca's inevitable love interest who joins a rival a capella group. Becca begrudgingly joins the Bellas', and is joined by a group of other misfits, including Rebel Wilson, who challenge the groups image much to the frustration of the Bellas' leaders.

Pitch Perfect is full of musical numbers, but doesn't allow itself to be as dominated by the music as Glee was. The characters in the film all appear slightly stereotypical, but are real and genuine enough to stop the movie from becoming just another College film. In saying that, Rebel Wilson is hilarious playing probably the least realistic of all the characters. Her lines are perfectly timed and it is inevitable that Rebel Wilson will start appearing in more and more comedies as she more than backs up her performance from Bridesmaids.

Pitch Perfect was a pleasant surprise, and though it isn't in the same class as 21 Jump Street or SuperBad, was a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining film.

7/10