College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
Cannon doesn't go in for rococo hipster badinage in the vein of Diablo Cody. She can pare down a joke to its essence ...
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
1 Oct 2012
fresh:
This is one of the strangest and also one of the more entertaining movies of the year.
– Richard Roeper,
Richard Roeper.com,
5 Oct 2012
fresh:
Warblers win the day in this sweet-natured film (based on a swell behind-the-scenes book by Mickey Rapkin) about the life and loves of collegians from competing a-cappella groups.
– Bruce Diones,
New Yorker,
8 Oct 2012
fresh:
The girls, for the most part, are genuinely funny, weird, real, and, most excitingly, confident.
– Laura Beck,
Village Voice,
8 Oct 2012
fresh:
'30 Rock' and 'New Girl' writer Kay Cannon has created brilliant characters.