Mildly Amusing

Rating: 6/10 (5 October 2012)

In Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore makes and attempt to step away from the small screen (e.g. Dawson's Creek, Everwood) and onto the big screen with this very predictable and mildly entertaining film. I really wanted this film to be funnier than it was. All the good parts were depicted in the trailer, so there is really not a whole lot forward to. The one scene in the trailer that did not make the cut was the car wash scene (which I thought would have been hilarious). There was some repetitiveness that made me think, "not this song again". The story centers on a singing competition of a Capella groups. The girls group contains mean girls, weird girls, crazy girls and girls of all shapes and sizes. The film is mostly about an aspiring DJ, Beca (Anna Kendrick) whose dream it is to ultimately move to Los Angeles and fulfill her dreams; however she must become more socially involved in order to do this. So she decides to give the Barden Bellas a shot. By far the standout in this film is Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson). She is the reason that I wanted to see this film in the first place and she did not disappoint. Rebel was on the Ellen show earlier this week and I have to say that she is hilarious. There are some people who and act funny and then there are people who are funny; she is the latter. She first caught my eye when she played Brynn in Bridesmaid. Jesse (Skylar Astin) and Beca's roller-coaster relationship adds a little more content to the film and depicts a typical college relationship. Best friends Chloe (Brittany Snow) and Aubrey (Anna Camp) are responsible for assembling a new team for the upcoming school year. Aubrey is quickly stamped as the mean girl and has some serious issues in this film. I was surprised to see Donald Faison in this film. I was like, "hey, that's the guy from Scrubs". I do not think that Pitch Perfect was a bad film. I think that the teens out there will actually enjoy this film and can probably relate to it. Also, some of the music numbers were really good. It just didn't have enough substance for me. With all that being said, I am not sure that this film is worth the price of a ticket. I am going to give this film an amber light.