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"PITCH PERFECT"
(2012) (Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin) (PG-13)


Alcohol/Drugs Heavy
Blood/Gross Stuff Heavy
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes None
Gun/Weapons None
Imitative Behavior Heavy
Jump Scenes Mild
Music (Scary/Tense) None
Music (Inappropriate) Heavy
Profanity Heavy
Sex/Nudity Heavy
Smoking Minor
Tense Family Scenes Moderate
Topics to Talk About Heavy
Violence Moderate


QUICK TAKE:
Musical Comedy: Members of an all-female singing club try to put aside their differences to win a national college competition.
PLOT:
Beca (ANNA KENDRICK) is the new girl on the campus of Barden University, but she doesn't want to be there. She'd much rather be in Los Angeles, working the music scene and living out her dream of being a club remix DJ. But her recently remarried father (JOHN BENJAMIN HICKEY), a professor at the college, has convinced her to give the campus a one-year try.

Beca is almost immediately recruited into the Bellas, an all-girls a cappella singing group led by uptight Aubrey (ANNA CAMP) and free-spirited Chloe (BRITTANY SNOW). Together, they recruit a group of misfit singers to take on their male rivals, the Treblemakers, led by Bumper (ADAM DeVINE) and new recruit Jesse (SKYLAR ASTIN) who has a crush on Beca. The new Bellas range from an outspoken Brit who calls herself "Fat Amy" (REBEL WILSON) to the promiscuous Stacie (ALEXIS KNAPP) to lesbian Cynthia Rose (ESTER DEAN).

Conflict comes when Beca tries to challenge Aubrey's authority in the group. She'd like to use her remix skills to jazz up the Bellas' tired routines. But Aubrey is a stickler for tradition and an unapologetic control freak. Meanwhile, the Treblemakers have troubles of their own when Bumper quits on them and Jesse has to convince his "Star Wars" fan boy roommate Benji (BEN PLATT), who has a terrific voice but was rejected earlier by the group, to take his place at a national competition in New York City covered by TV commentators Gail (ELIZABETH BANKS) and John (JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS).

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Yes. High school and college-age students raised on shows like "American Idol," its various knock-offs, and "Glee" will likely want to see this.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For sexual material, language and drug references.


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