![]() ![]() It does more than ride the current wave of remixed, re-mashed and sometimes rehashed pop hits, though, taking the time to weave a decent underdog tale with a likable bunch of harmonizing losers that isn't beholden to any lasting grudge match. With a respectable $70 million at the box office and a possible sequel in the works, Pitch Perfect is one of the year's little films that could. And she has a lot of work to do if she's going to get the Bellas ready to beat Barden's own Treble Makers - whose new lead vocalist just so happens to be Jesse (Skylar Astin, Hamlet 2), the guy Beca has her eye on - at the annual International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. But the Bellas style is in dire need of a makeover, and Beca looks to be the girl to make it happen. When that doesn't work out as they had hoped, they settle for a ragtag band of misfits: no-nonsense Tasmanian eccentric Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson, Bridesmaids), vocal powerhouse Cynthia Rose (Ester Dean, Rio), slutty Stacie (Alexis Knapp, Project X), mousy Lilly (Hana Mae Lee) and reluctant mix-n-mashup wiz Beca Mitchell (Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air). When all-female Barden University a capella group the Bellas fall on hard times, leaders Aubrey (Anna Camp, The Help) and Chloe (Brittany Snow, Hairspray) begin a search for the best and brightest singing stars the incoming freshman class has to offer. ![]() "Starships were meant to fly-iy-iy-iy! Hands up and touch the sky-iy-iy-iy!" #PITCHPERFECT FRO FREE HOW TO#Add to that a well-cast ensemble that knows how to earn a laugh and belt a song and a series of a cappella arrangements primed to convert the unconverted, and you have a comedy that deserves a shot. It's never quite the pitch-perfect genre mashup it could be - oh come on, you knew that one was coming - but it pays just enough respect to raw talent, takes just enough cheap but affectionate shots at the collegiate singing competition circuit, and strikes just enough of a balance to emerge a full-fledged crowd pleaser. Or the anti- Glee set even, and it's in that tricky middle that director Jason Moore's quasi-irreverent musical comedy sings. Pitch Perfect is Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story for the Glee set. Reviewed by Kenneth Brown, December 13, 2012 ![]()
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