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
Take Bring It On, Glee (not in the icky cheesy way, but because there's singing involved, the good kind), Mean Girls, and add some quick-witted, sharp-tongued dialogue and commentary, and you have the funniest of movies.
At first I was leery: a movie about A Cappella singing groups; I thought at best, it would be a teen flick. Yes, I know, Anna Kendrick. But bigger (some better) names have made some doozies. But, I was unbelievably surprised. Every kind of humour is covered here, and done to absolute perfection. You will be adopting many, many of the lines into your daily lexicon.
For me, Rebel Wilson (as Fat Amy) and Elizabeth Banks (as Gail, the commentator) have some of the most hysterically smart lines ever committed to celluloid (right up there with Young Frankenstein).
Loved it.