{"id":12184,"date":"2017-06-12T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T09:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12184"},"modified":"2017-06-12T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T09:43:31","slug":"film-blogathon-0217-pitch-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12184","title":{"rendered":"Film Blogathon 02\/17: Pitch Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pitch Perfect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You know those annoying syrupy films so self-consumed that they can\u2019t see the joke at the centre of their own reason for existing?<\/p>\n

Well, Pitch Perfect isn\u2019t one of those.<\/p>\n

This is the story of an all-girl A Capella group at a fictional co-ed US university.<\/p>\n

I approached Pitch Perfect thinking it was going to be a large helping of sugar-coated gloop, just like (shudder) Glee.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t!<\/p>\n

Instead, this is more like 112 minutes of Mean Girls The Musical (that\u2019s the best analogy I can come up with); a film with a strong line in self-deprecating humour, and an occasional sideways glance at itself.<\/p>\n

The writing is so sharp that it allows the odd nugget of cunningly-hidden adult humour to skilfully glide over the heads of younger viewers.<\/p>\n

Production is OK (could have been better in places), but the film is shot with such articulate intelligence that it develops a likeable character of its own.<\/p>\n

Yes, there is intelligence in Pitch Perfect. And it is a good example of smartly articulate story-telling.<\/p>\n

But it isn\u2019t a documentary, so lighten up people.<\/p>\n

Although I enjoy the way Pitch Perfect allows some of its characters to develop, I do have a problem with Rebel Wilson, or maybe my problem is with the Fat Amy character.<\/p>\n

Whatever.<\/p>\n

Aside from this minor issue, Pitch Perfect is a nicely-paced feel good film that is a bucketful of family entertainment.<\/p>\n

And easy and thoroughly enjoyable watch.<\/p>\n

Which you should.<\/p>\n

Obv.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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