Pitch Perfect 3 Review (2017) [PG13]

Disclaimer : This movie is rated PG13 for some Sexual References.

For those who have been following the Pitch Perfect movie series, the final movie of the entire Pitch Perfect movie sequel is here and it ended in a BANG!! Read on the find out more.

Storyline

Those who have been following this movie series closely, you should know that this vocal group, known as the Bellas, has conquered both major national and international music competitions with their amazing singing talent and teamwork. After graduation, they found themselves split apart and realized it was difficult to find jobs with their singing talent. This was when they received the opportunity to reunite one last time for an overseas USO tour. They had a riff-off with the other 3 bands, including the mean-spirited female quartet Evermoist. Apparently, the 3 bands were not the only opponents they faced. One of the Bellas, Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) had a feud with her ruthless father who was an international crime lord, Fergus (John Lithgow) and got the rest of the Bellas members involved. The Bellas were kidnapped by Fergus to a yacht as a result of the feud, just days before the USO tour commenced. Did the Bellas manage to escape the hands of Fergus and made it for the USO tour and what is with the explosion on the yacht? Watch the movie to find out.

Character Development

In this musical comedy movie, you can see that the director placed more emphasis on the development of Beca Mitchell (Anna Kendrick) among the Bellas as she pursued her career as a music producer. There was also a fair share of emphasis placed on Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) as the movie developed the story of her and her dad which was not mentioned until this final installment.

The chemistry between the Bellas was clearly fantastic, which has been developed since the first Pitch Perfect movie. I think behind the scenes, they didn’t have to do a lot of retakes since they were so used to working together during choreographing and singing. As much as I want to see more of their dances and singing, there is always a time where audiences feel it is time for them to move on. This movie really brought a nice ending to their journey as the Bellas. The ending can be better but it was good enough for the audience to finally recognized that this was the end of the Bellas. No more encore and no more reunion.

Memorable Scenes

The memorable scenes would have to be all the remix songs such as “Cheap Thrills” and “Freedom”. While a picture paints a thousand words, a song can express emotions and story is probably just a hundred words or so. One of the highlights in all the 3 movies would have to be the Riff-off (Song battle). As compared to the previous Pitch Perfect 1 & 2, I felt that the riff off in this movie is too short and it lacks the aggressive side from the group. A little disappointing as I would expect a strong competition between the Bellas and the 3 other opponents but it turned out to be more of a mocking to the Bellas.

Overall Rating: 6 / 10 ( While the movie maintained the spirit of the Bellas, there were not many surprises in this movie and some of the dances and tune seems repetitive from the previous Pitch Perfect movie series. Heartwarming ending but I feel if this movie is done on the year where they graduate, that would be a better ending as it provides a good closure to the Bellas as they moved onto adulthood.)

Movie Duration: 1 Hour 13 mins

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