Chix Chat on Film Review: A capella funfest.

Rating: 6/10 (16 October 2012)

This film shows yet again that anything and everything can be a competition. I have never even thought about a capella singing as a competition, but once I saw the trailer for Pitch Perfect I was immediately interested because of the No Diggity cover. This film just seemed like Bring It On with no cheerleaders, the whole tryout, outlandish rules and the build to the Super Bowl of a capella. The story centers around the freshman year of college for Beca (Anna Kendrick), who is less than thrilled to be on campus. Primarily due to the fact that her Dad is on staff, so we have a sub story of daddy issues, which brought a bit of drama into this comedy. I will say that Ms. Kendrick is a bit of a chameleon, to play a student after playing a business woman in Up In The Air and she can sing. I actually Googled to see if she was lip syncing, she sings. The Treble Makers cover of the Dazz Band's Whip It, was the worse version of the song imaginable. But the Treble Makers were very good at what they did, singing. The film had some really good a capella singing and since the majority of the story was in competition or preparing for competition there was inevitably judging. The banter between the judges Gail (Elizabeth Banks) and John (John Michael Higgins) was too funny mostly because of the clear disdain for each other. There were several players in this film that stood out for various reasons. Chloe (Brittany Snow) and Aubrey (Anna Camp) looked too old to be college students even if they were seniors. Fat Patricia (Rebel Wilson) just kept the funny coming. I didn't realize in what film I had previously seen Ms. Wilson until almost the end of the film that she was in Bridesmaids. I'm sure she will do great things after this, she's very funny and more than anything she seems very comfortable in her own skin. I liked the fact that they didn't do the whole Stomp The Yard final competition and make it a tie, but clearly the story ended with more to tell. I wanted more substance and less regurgitation. After I waited for my No Diggity and it was done, I just didn't have a whole lot to look forward to. This was a fun film, it wasn't bad, so I give it an amber light.