Directed by:
Jason MooreScreenplay:
Kay CannonCinematography:
Julio MacatCast:
Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Brittany Snow, Ben Platt, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, Adam Devine, Elizabeth Banks, Hana Mae Lee (more)VOD (2)
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Beca (Anna Kendrick) is that girl who’d rather listen to what’s coming out of her headphones than what’s coming out of you. Arriving at her new college, she finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together, i n the new out-loud comedy Pitch Perfect.
When Beca takes this acoustic singing group out of their world of traditional arrangements and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of the cutthroat world of college music competitions. This could wind up either the coolest thing they’ll ever do or the most insane, and it will probably be a little of both.
Loaded with new takes on old favorites to hits of right now that are seamlessly mixed together, mashed-up and arranged like you’ve never heard before, Pitch Perfect is directed by Jason Moore, who opened our eyes to the very misbehaved life of puppets in the surprise Broadway sensation Avenue Q. (official distributor synopsis)
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Loads of annoying pop in the most classic school-musical-competition story structure ever. Zero surprises, one hundred percent cliché. Glee revival. Two stars for a couple of bizarre over-the-top moments, where the film is at least funny, there should have been a lot more. And half a star for the lovely Elizabeth Banks.
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I didn't expect much from this film, I thought it would be some dumb comedy set in a teenage environment. Well, I wasn't entirely wrong, but honestly, there was more to it and the film, at times even against my will, intrigued me. I got a pretty decent comedy in some places, dominated mainly by the great musical aspect. Although I don't really believe Anna Kendrick as an enthusiastic DJ, she still played it decently and at times I thought she really knows what she's talking about. So she convinced me in the end, but I still think it's because of her charm, which I simply like. This girl is really pretty, but not in a completely Hollywood way. She has something innocent in her, which was turned upside down in this film and it worked well. She's not a bad girl directly, but she's close to it. The other characters are typically caricatures, just like the whole film. We have a girl vocal group against a boy band. The boy band is leading, they're popular, the girls are awkward and outdated. But then comes a new blood, a girl who understands music and wants to bring some new energy into it. Whether she will succeed, that's a question, just like whether she will find love. The romantic storyline here is absolutely unnecessary and also unbelievable. If it was omitted, it would be much better. However, the film's strongest aspect is still the singing. There are well-done vocal covers of great songs, both modern and older ones, that catch your ear and maybe even your heart now and then. Don't expect something that speaks to your soul from every film, because this could simply entertain you. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/01/little-ashes-nezapomen-na-me-butter.html
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The desire to feed off of Glee hit the big screen with only a slight delay, but still in time to at least partially meet the audience's taste. However, this timid attempt to parasitize on the popular TV show is worse off. Though Pitch Perfect tries to offer absurd humor, it only succeeds occasionally and the unexpectedly cheap pandering in the form of disgusting humor is downright shocking. More surprising are the well-crafted arrangements of all the pop songs, which I can't help but enjoy, and numbers like Just a Dream almost take my breath away. Thanks to Anna Kendrick's smile, I eventually landed on an average rating, despite the frustrating indecision between whether the film wants to be a parody of movies about striving for fame or whether it actually is one of them. In the end, it actually ought not to be a disappointment, because the film is a pure classic genre piece; it's just my own fault for expecting more.
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A movie full of clichés, absolutely terrible dialogues and dumb vomit-themed jokes. The reason not to dismiss this movie completely, like High School Musical, is clear. After all, (some of) the acting performances are quite decent, and the songs are also okay. But the moment someone is supposed to say something meaningful, the movie hits rock bottom. Since I wasn't really expecting anything extraordinary and I was in a mood to watch a movie with some contemporary music in it, I managed to scrape together 2 stars.
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Fun pop nonsense with pretty girls. Surprisingly, I had a good time. Anna Kendrick is cute and Rebel Wilson is properly wacky – the fat girls are always the funniest in female comedies. I'd probably be afraid to recommend it, but anyone who likes high-school films and the style of music shouldn't have a problem. 75%.
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