*ahem* 'Pitch Perfect' is quite good.
Aca-scuse me??? This lethal cocktail of Glee, Bridesmaids, Mean Girls, High School Musical and Best In Show is actually quite funny? How did that happen?
Well, it helps that it has a smart script (30 Rock contributor Kay Cannon wrote the adaptation of a novel), great acting, funny lines, good improv, a healthy cynicism, reverance for 'The Breakfast Club', compelling sing-off scenes and isn't necessarily aimed at kids. It's closer to comedy than musical but the a capella renditions of contemporary hits might just make you re-asess the craftsmanship of modern pop and it is consistently entertaining and watchable throughout. Even the puke scenes are good.
It's not pitch perfect (I know, I know...) by any means. I think Anna Kendrick is a terrific actress but her character Beca is a spoilt brat who doesn't really learn any life lessons along the way and ends up getting what she wants by being stubborn and selfish. Even so, she's still a more rounded female lead than you usually get and all the characters step just the right distance away from stereotypes to be interesting. The plot is pretty much paint by numbers but it never feels laboured. There's some weird lesbophobia stuff going on and some casual racism. Some of the songs are too well arranged to be believably spontaneous but hey, it's a musical, so I'll cut it some slack. The good stuff outweighs the bad and it's a fun film with more laughs than most out and out comedies.
I'll say it again. Pitch Perfect is quite good.
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