Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Anna Kendrick | ... | Beca | |
Skylar Astin | ... | Jesse | |
Ben Platt | ... | Benji | |
Brittany Snow | ... | Chloe | |
Anna Camp | ... | Aubrey | |
Rebel Wilson | ... | Fat Amy | |
Alexis Knapp | ... | Stacie | |
Ester Dean | ... | Cynthia Rose | |
Hana Mae Lee | ... | Lilly | |
Kelley Jakle | ... | Jessica (as Kelley Alice Jakle) | |
Wanetah Walmsley | ... | Denise | |
Shelley Regner | ... | Ashley | |
Caroline Fourmy | ... | Mary Elise | |
Nicole Lovince | ... | Kori | |
Adam Devine | ... | Bumper (as Adam DeVine) |
The Barden Bellas are a collegiate, all-girls a cappella singing group thriving on female pop songs and their perfect looks. After a disastrous failing at last year's finals, they are forced to regroup. Among the new recruits is freshman Beca, an independent, aspiring DJ with no interest in the college life. But after she meets Jesse, from the rival all-male a cappella group, Beca has a new outlook and takes it upon herself to help the Bellas find their new look and sound and get back into the competition. Written by napierslogs
That I loved so much. I scored free tickets to a Denver Screening awhile back and was just going to have my wife and 13 year old daughter go , but I watched the trailer and really thought Anna Kendrick was terrific in 50/50 and very good in Up in the Air so I thought, what the heck, I'm going too. Was I glad that I did. I laughed like crazy and loved the a capella singing. This film is really raunchy and just skirts around an R rating several times, but it is just so fun.
I am pretty confident that it is going to be the surprise box office hit of the fall and it is so much better than the films that it is bound to be compared to like Mean Girls, Bring it On, and even Bridesmaids.
Speaking of Bridesmaids Rebel Wilson almost steals the show with every scene that she is involved with being hilarious, and in a lesser movie her scenes most certainly would be worth paying the price of admission alone, but there are so many other talents involved. Elizabeth Banks has never been funnier. Skylar Astin as the love interest is also terrific though he needs to change his name, because for me the name Skylar brings only one thing to mind and she is married to Walter White.
This is no Oscar Winner, I am certain that I will see a dozen or so better movies this year, but none will having me laughing and smiling as much.