Music makes this the best chick flick I've seen in a while

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2013)

You do not need to watch Pitch Perfect for the storyline. New member joins downhill-sliding club, changes things around, and everybody lives happily ever after: been there, done that. Also, the film's humor is on more than one occasion in exceedingly bad taste: think dubious sexual references and several scenes with vomit that could have come straight out of an Adam Sandler-movie.
You do need to watch Pitch Perfect, however, for its music: the vibrant musical episodes make the movie sparkle and the audience dance in their seats. The picture boasts some strong vocals (contrary to, for example, High School Musical), although it is a shame that the actors are mainly lip-singing. (And I do hope that we are hearing the actual singing actors themselves, instead of 'ghost-singers'.) The obligatory love story is not quite as predictable as in other chick flicks, and the main protagonists make a cute couple.