It’s aimed at Glee fans and teenage girls, but the infectious energy will appeal to a wider audience.

Full Review | Jun 26, 2023

Luckily, Pitch Perfect has just enough flaws to (almost) keep us from making terrible puns around its title, but this fun comedy is good enough to leave an a cappella version of "No Diggity" stuck in your head. For a week.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Aug 15, 2013

The sung numbers are pretty dreadful but you can't have everything.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 27, 2012

There are things to whinge about here. But Pitch Perfect proves impossible to resist.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 21, 2012

The song's the same, but Pitch Perfect is a great cover version.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 20, 2012

Amusing though the movie can be, there's something missing in the warmth department. Like songs without accompaniment, its jokes lack any charm or liking for the characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2012

The Spinal Tap of unaccompanied singing.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 20, 2012

Oh, the gag-packed trailer spoiled the entire film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 19, 2012

'30 Rock' and 'New Girl' writer Kay Cannon has created brilliant characters.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 18, 2012

It's the kind of silly you can only get away with when your writing is very smart. A little bit odd and very, very funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 17, 2012

But in a small-scale way, aided by a strong, wry central performance from Kendrick, Pitch Perfect has its charms.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 7, 2012

The girls, for the most part, are genuinely funny, weird, real, and, most excitingly, confident.

Full Review | Oct 8, 2012

Warblers win the day in this sweet-natured film (based on a swell behind-the-scenes book by Mickey Rapkin) about the life and loves of collegians from competing a-cappella groups.

Full Review | Oct 8, 2012

Cannon doesn't go in for rococo hipster badinage in the vein of Diablo Cody. She can pare down a joke to its essence ...

Full Review | Oct 1, 2012

Built on a template that's familiar to anyone who's seen such movies as Bring It On, this comedy uses an engaging cast and a parade of popular songs (energetically recreated by several choral groups) to create a buoyant crowd-pleaser.

Full Review | Sep 28, 2012

Luckily, the good outweighs the bad in this bright 'n' breezy comedy about competitive a cappella singing groups.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 28, 2012

"Pitch Perfect" is major key all the way, a blast of tuneful sugary cheer kicked up with enough tart humor to offset the glucose.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 28, 2012

Belatedly riffing on the TV series "Glee" might have produced some sour notes, but "Pitch Perfect" finds just the right tone.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 28, 2012

The musical mixes are terrific and Kendrick proves she is a real movie star but the mash-up with low comedy keeps tripping up the movie's momentum.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Sep 28, 2012

"Pitch Perfect" totally gets one critical fact: A cappella singing contests are both a little bit amazing and a little bit ridiculous. The tone that the film strikes is a perfect balance between the two extremes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 28, 2012