Aca-cceptable Sequel. 'Pitch Perfect 2'

You may remember that I quite liked 'Pitch Perfect' so I'm quite pleased that it has a follow-up but as with most comedy sequels it just doesn't quite work second time around.

It's a watchable, fairly amusing rehash of the first one with vagina jokes instead of puke jokes, a World stage instead of campus competition, and broad smiles instead of belly laughs. All the major characters are retained and a bland, rather pointless new one thrown in. The film doesn't quite know what direction to take Fat Amy in (big laughs? pathos? coarse humour?) and her spark feels strangely reigned in this time. Beca is still a selfish brat but somehow likeable. The sing-offs feature more songs that I don't recognise and are mostly about big butts. It's casually racist and vaguely homophobic whilst teasing some lesbian elements. It has a few too many jokes that must only make sense to American audiences and it is rather obvious at times but it is witty enough, it is sassy enough and it is better than you might expect.

If you like the first one you'll get along with this. If not you'll wonder what all the fuss is about. Aca-cceptable.