Pitch Perfect
Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 28, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
23
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaSep 27, 2012
A comedy about an all-female collegiate a cappella group. And to paraphrase one of the characters in the movie, it's A-Ca-Awesome. Read full review
90
Boxoffice MagazineAmy NicholsonSep 26, 2012
Rebel Wilson is the peroxided Aussi who stole scenes as Kristen Wiig's roommate in "Bridesmaids," and this is the role that will turn her into a star. Read full review
88
New York PostKyle SmithSep 28, 2012
Bouncy vocal rearrangements of pop songs, sparkling choreography and a hilarious script make for a movie that's made to be obsessed over, seen 50 times, quoted as devoutly as such sacred texts as "Heathers" and "Bring It On." Read full review
83
The PlaylistKimber MyersSep 27, 2012
The script finishes up exactly where you think it will, but along the way, there are enough surprises and perfectly delivered lines to make it a blast. Read full review
80
The GuardianHenry BarnesDec 21, 2012
The soundtrack's ironic bent might dissuade older viewers (Simple Minds are venerated), but they'd be missing out on one of the best musical comedies since A Mighty Wind. The song's the same, but Pitch Perfect is a great cover version. Read full review
80
EmpireOlly RichardsDec 17, 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. Read full review
80
NPRStephanie ZacharekSep 28, 2012
One of the finest sequences is a "riff-off" between the boys and the girls, a West Side Story-style showdown that plays out with shards of songs instead of switchblades. Read full review
80
TimeMary PolsSep 27, 2012
A spirited, irreverent and hugely fun comedy. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSep 28, 2012
The campus comedy Pitch Perfect harmonizes high-end performance with low-brow spoofery. It's like a National Lampoon parody where the targets write the jokes. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanSep 28, 2012
For the most part, it works brilliantly. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldConnie OgleSep 28, 2012
Impossible not to like. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Geoff PevereSep 28, 2012
Pitch Perfect pitches itself between "Bridesmaids" and "Glee," which is to say it celebrates the low-down raunchiness of girls being girls among girls, while delivering a snap-crackle-and-pop music catharsis. Yes, folks, rock is dead, but long live showbiz. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliSep 27, 2012
Any movie that features a character calling herself Fat Amy has a pretty firm grip on irony. It helps that Fat Amy is played by Rebel Wilson ("Bachelorette," "Bridesmaids"), my favorite eccentric Aussie practitioner of lip-curled comic timing. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia PuigSep 27, 2012
The spirited a cappella singing in Pitch Perfect makes a predictable, feather-light coming-of-age film irresistibly fun. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinSep 30, 2012
She has the perfect nervy, nerdy, needy alter ego in Anna Kendrick. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthySep 26, 2012
Pitch Perfect is an enjoyably snarky campus romp that's both wildly nerdy and somewhat sexy. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangSep 26, 2012
As spirited and irresistible as the college a cappella craze it celebrates, Pitch Perfect is a cheeky delight. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianStephen WhittySep 28, 2012
What we have is a not-very-funny college comedy for tweens, full of unappealing characters and, although the musical arrangements are fun, some truly unimaginative choreography. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesSep 27, 2012
All told, Pitch Perfect isn't all that good – but it's an awfully good sport. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSep 26, 2012
Without the music, the movie might have been painful, but the songs, Auto-Tuned and processed as they are, generate a hooky bliss. They're the chewy center of this ultra-synthetic hard candy. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisSep 27, 2012
The college singing-group comedy Pitch Perfect isn't dumb, but Kendrick's participation implies that it might also be smart. And sometimes it is. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeySep 27, 2012
I smiled for the first half of the movie and started laughing hysterically when a supporting character hijacked it from its stars. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversSep 27, 2012
Kendrick is terrific, taking a role that could have slid by on snide and building it into something uniquely funny and touching. Read full review
60
Total FilmKen McIntyreNov 25, 2012
Gleeks and Glee-haters alike should rally around this raucous musical comedy. Rebel Wilson is hilarious, Anna Kendrick is terrific and there are as many gross-out gags as there are singing numbers. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottSep 28, 2012
The music, of course, is the engine that makes the whole exercise go, tapping into a genre-spanning collection of tunes, but every bit as important to the film's success is its unexpected humor, which flirts with raunchy but stops juuuust short of crossing any lines that would have earned it an R rating. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeySep 27, 2012
What helps offset the predictable in this very predictable movie is a series of show-stopping numbers, so props to the folks who oversaw music and choreography. But the true saving grace is a few of the central players. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSep 27, 2012
How you respond to Pitch Perfect will depend primarily on how you feel about its obvious inspirations: "Glee," "Bring It On" and the food-poisoning scene from "Bridesmaids." Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfSep 25, 2012
This film could have done with a few more mouth beats and unlikely moments of extracurricular celebrity. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliSep 27, 2012
Pitch Perfect looks, sounds, and feels like pretty much every other movie that features a singing or dancing competition. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonSep 26, 2012
Theoretically, the "Bring It On" model can be applied to any remotely performative art. All it takes is a certain level of sass, some eye-catching performance showcases, and a plot where a talented outsider livens up a moribund group with some fresh ideas. Pitch Perfect slaps that stencil onto college a cappella singing groups, with a smattering of success. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSep 26, 2012
The Higgins performance owes more than a little to Fred Willard's unforgettable dog show commentary in "Best in Show," but it was clear that Willard was part of a telecast. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSep 25, 2012
Jason Moore's film is more or less successful in inverse proportion to the degree that it plays its material by the book. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerSep 27, 2012
Only occasionally funny and not at all illuminating about the rich world of a cappella singing. Read full review
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