Movie Musicals That Got It Right: Pitch Perfect
It's a bit of a stretch to call Pitch Perfect a musical, though you could argue it has just as good a claim as jukebox musicals like Rock of Ages . Or better, since it was actually, you know, worth watching. Pitch Perfect shouldn't work nearly as well as it does. In most respects its "edginess" has a sanded-off quality: it's the type of movie where having slightly heavy dark eye makeup makes you an alternative freak. Where deep inner meaning can be found in The Breakfast Club ending. Where a Mylie Cyrus song is "cool" and "now." Virtually everything about Pitch Perfect you have seen before. In fact, I consider it to be Bring It On with a capella singing instead of cheerleading. Both feature situations where characters assume the mantle of leadership, which includes steering the group to a championship. Both have the "alternative" character who was reluctant to even join, but who soon schools the rest of the group.