College a cappella comedy
“Pitch Perfect” stands among many a film, from “Mean Girls” to a thousand comedies
where the cool outsider joins the team of almost-winners (losers) and puts them
over the top for a finale guaranteed to leave you grinning. Certainly, though, “Perfect”
has to be the first movie about an a cappella group, although I can’t tell if a
cappella equals glee clubs or not. Anna Kendrick -- who seems to de-age every
year -- plays cool DJ music masher Becca who ends up joining an all-female
singing group, because damn it, she loves music. The group is run by a princess
(Anna Camp) destined for a drubbing. The group is stuck in tradition, and they
need Becca, who can make music from a cup bopped on wood. They get it. Duh. I liked the music and the way Australian
comic Rebel Wilson steals every scene with just a shrug. What I did not like:
The cruel Asian stereotypes that I hope are ironic toss-backs to those
’80s John Hughes films (“Sixteen Candles”) that endorsed Asian racism. (God
bless John Hughes. RIP.) I’ll be a ca-optimistic. B
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Pitch Perfect (2012)
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