Standard chick-flick material

Rating: 6/10 (29 June 2014)

I would've enjoyed PITCH PERFECT a lot more were I into acapella, so for most of the movie's runtime, it was fundamentally not my thing. But the similarities to GLEE (and I'm obviously not the first to draw this comparison) are unavoidable: the backstage drama, the love story, the staging of the big stage numbers and the song selection. It'd be GLEE writ large if the tone were a little more fantastical.
Still, it's hard not to appreciate the ablities that went into this movie, and it's evident that everyone here is doing their own singing. You've gotta respect the talent here. It did need more Rebel Wilson. And Elizabeth Banks. They're the comedic core of the movie. But this was definitely geared toward the GLEE crowd, which doesn't include me.
6/10