Pitch Perfect 3
Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 22, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
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15
Negative:
13
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The GuardianSteve RoseDec 19, 2017
So many movies end with trite sentiments about “family” and “sisterhood” but it doesn’t feel forced here. It looks like these performers are genuinely enjoying themselves, and it’s infectious. Read full review
75
The Film StageJose SolísDec 20, 2017
Director Trish Sie knows better than to mess with the formula and the film plays out like a reunion with the characters you love. Read full review
75
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiDec 20, 2017
It really all comes down to the Bellas. With brilliant actresses like Wilson, who has a badass fight scene this time, and Kendrick, the stealthily vicious pixie, the studio could drop this cast in a DMV with a pitch pipe and they would make a decent movie out of it — a movie that I would pay to see. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanDec 19, 2017
As directed by Trish Sie, the movie is bubbly, it’s fast, it’s hella synthetic-clever, and it’s an avid showcase for the personalities of its stars: the skeptically pert Anna Kendrick, the radiant and vivacious Hailee Steinfeld, and the terrifyingly droll Rebel Wilson. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattDec 19, 2017
Mostly this is all just pretext for dreamy postcard shots of Europe, a metric ton of slapstick, and as many highly specific vocal riff-offs as one empty airplane hangar can handle. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshDec 21, 2017
Pitch Perfect 3 is so breezy it's completely weightless, but it manages to deliver just enough of the goods. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTom RussoDec 20, 2017
The numbers just aren’t as dynamic as we might have hoped for from director Trish Sie, whose credits include alt-rock act OK Go’s “treadmill video” and other addictively innovative shorts. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfDec 21, 2017
Ex-Glee geeks and those who sing in the shower: Your passable time-waster has arrived. Read full review
60
Total FilmJamie GrahamDec 19, 2017
Fans will find just enough heart-swelling moments involving friendships and family to enjoy one last group hug. Read full review
50
ConsequenceDanielle SolzmanDec 24, 2017
Pitch Perfect 3 is hardly a perfect movie, but seeing these women singing and having fun on screen together for the final time is frequently a lot of fun. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireDec 21, 2017
The best thing I can say about it is that it’s not another retread of its predecessor. Read full review
50
The New York TimesTeo BugbeeDec 20, 2017
With a plot as unfocused as its freshly graduated characters, the shaggy Pitch Perfect 3 gets by on karaoke logic: What makes for a good time isn’t the song you sing, but the company you keep. Read full review
50
Washington PostSusan WloszczynaDec 20, 2017
Although Kendrick’s pint-size dynamo once pushed the Bellas beyond their la-la-la comfort zone, she basically sleepwalks through this third go-round. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Emily YoshidaDec 19, 2017
Ends with a sentimentality I didn’t buy — the Bellas don’t seem to particularly care about each other outside of a competitive setting, so why should we? Read full review
50
The PlaylistKimber MyersDec 19, 2017
It’s not unpleasant, thanks to the energetic dialogue and songs, but it lacks the fun and focus that made “Pitch Perfect” such a surprise hit worthy of repeat viewings. Read full review
50
IGNSimon ThompsonDec 19, 2017
Pitch Perfect 3 tears up the rule book for the franchise but sadly all the rules in it are what made the original work so well and the second film work well enough. Read full review
50
IndieWireKate ErblandDec 19, 2017
Some of the goofier bits from Pitch Perfect 2 has been excised, and this latest entry focuses more firmly on the bonds between the ladies after its somewhat mean-tipped predecessor, though it never hits the girl-powered highs of the original. But mostly, it’s yet another unholy mashup of disparate tones that’s never as fun or frisky as the original material. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerDec 19, 2017
It’s half-assed in every way but cast retention; almost all the major female characters return. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleDanielle WhiteDec 21, 2017
Although I do think PP fans will be satisfied with the finale, let’s hope this is the last redux for these pitches. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyDec 19, 2017
There’s nothing you could call an actual emotion in store, just an awful lot of face-pulling. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonDec 19, 2017
The new film is proudly aware of how ludicrous it is...and the sunnily silly plot mostly functions to get the Bellas to their next song-and-dance number or comedic set piece. Yet, it’s impossible to miss the film’s wheezing tone. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'HaraDec 19, 2017
A tired retread of better jokes in the first two movies, this drags along to an admittedly heartwarming conclusion. But it’s a good thing this caps the trilogy because it’s coasting on fumes. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 28, 2017
“Pitch 3” is a movie as predictable as the big explosion and escape that opens the picture, as the lame script-crutch “Three Weeks Earlier” flashback, as the assorted “love interests” cooked up for this installment, as trite as Fat Amy’s description of how she became estranged from her “dodgy” crook of a father. Read full review
38
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldDec 20, 2017
It’s just the same movie over and over, until the end of time and everybody dies, in which case “Pitch Perfect 45: A-Ca-Wait-Are-We-Dead?” might be a thing. Read full review
38
USA TodayBrian TruittDec 20, 2017
The original Pitch Perfect worked so well because it was about the friendship of the Bellas amid the wonderfully weird world of singing dorks who didn't get the memo that they weren’t cool. That's now long gone, and what’s left is just way off-key. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineRichard Scott LarsonDec 19, 2017
Women deserve a better vehicle for demonstrating the power of female solidarity than this empty money grab. Read full review
30
VoxAlissa WilkinsonDec 21, 2017
The new third entry in the series isn’t interested in character development or logical storylines or anything resembling innovation. It’s lazy and limp and profoundly weird, and not in any meaningful way a “good movie.” Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 19, 2017
Whatever charms the first two movies possessed (and they were considerable thanks to the talented and appealing cast) have been thoroughly lost in this soulless installment. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDec 21, 2017
Pitch Perfect 3 totally eclipses the heart of a charming franchise, turning the scrappy Bellas a capella posse into needy Charlie’s Angels wannabes. It’s a movie taking popularity for granted, a finale saying goodbye with a "you’re welcome." Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperDec 20, 2017
Pitch Perfect 3 feels like an encore nobody asked for. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubDec 20, 2017
And then there’s the real problem with Pitch Perfect 3: The best thing about the first movie — the singing — feels like an afterthought. Read full review
25
TheWrapDan CallahanDec 19, 2017
Wilson’s comic routines here set her apart from the others in the cast, and they more than amply hint that she should be set loose in her own vehicles far, far away from the other girls and all their “Glee”-like karaoke. Read full review
21
Paste MagazineAndrew CrumpDec 26, 2017
Everything about Pitch Perfect 3’s foundation is openly half-baked. If it winked at its own indifference anymore than it already does, you might mistake its indifference for outright contempt. Read full review
20
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlDec 21, 2017
The Bellas aren’t invested in the film’s competition, and the filmmakers’ aren’t invested in it, and you probably won’t be, either. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangDec 20, 2017
The trailer for Pitch Perfect 3 makes it look and sound like a comedy, which puts me in the unfortunate position of announcing that it is nothing of the kind. It's a tragedy in four-part harmony. Read full review
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