Weak

Rating: 6/10 (2 May 2018)

The Bellas are back in what is clearly intended to be a final film, although the lure of the mighty buck is not something to be easily denied, so who knows.
This time they are off to entertain the troops around the Mediterranean and, guess what, they find themselves in a contest again and, as usual, find themselves subject to hostile judgement from the two hostile commentators who, this time, are making a documentary. Add to the mix Fat Amy's Dad, who arrives on his luxury yacht to see his daughter perform, But he's not necessarily a very nice person...
The plot here is the daftest yet. The girls are increasingly anonymous, with Rebel Wilson overwhelming everything, Anna Kendrick coming 2nd, Hailee Steinfeld 3rd, Brittany Snow 33rd, and the rest indistinguishable from each other. The very funny Hana Mae Lee as Lily gets distressingly little to do.
John Lithgow gets to do an Australian accent which, in terms of accuracy, trails some distance behind Dick van Dyke's cockney one.
The musical numbers are well arranged and (mostly) well staged, but I didn't find most of the songs very good: the hummability factor was low.