Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)

After a humiliating commando performance at The Kennedy Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status and right to perform.

Director:

Elizabeth Banks

Writers:

Kay Cannon, Mickey Rapkin (based on the book by)

Stars:

Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld

9 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Kendrick	...	Beca
Rebel Wilson	...	Fat Amy
Hailee Steinfeld	...	Emily
Brittany Snow	...	Chloe
Skylar Astin	...	Jesse
Adam Devine	...	Bumper (as Adam DeVine)
Katey Sagal	...	Katherine
Anna Camp	...	Aubrey
Ben Platt	...	Benji
Alexis Knapp	...	Stacie
Hana Mae Lee	...	Lilly
Ester Dean	...	Cynthia Rose
Chrissie Fit	...	Flo
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen	...	Kommissar (as Birgitte Hjort-Sørensen)
Flula Borg	...	Pieter Krämer

Storyline

The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an International competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood, and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams once again.

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Plot Keywords:

f rated | sequel | a cappella | reference to manila | reference to philippines | 

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Taglines:

We're Back, Pitches

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for innuendo and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

15 May 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

2

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$29,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$70,300,000, 17 May 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$184,296,230

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$287,506,194

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brownstone Productions (II), Gold Circle Films, Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Katey Sagal (Emily's mom) and David Cross (the riff off host) have starred together in the Futurama movie 'The beast with a billion backs' as Leela and Yivo respectively.

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Goofs

The aerial shot of Copenhagen contains marks for Poland, Germany and the UK on the horizon. Poland and Germany would not be visible as they are behind this point of view. Only the north of Scotland might be in the field of vision on the far left of this angle.

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Quotes

[Talking about the rivalry between the Barden Bellas and Das Sound Machine]
John: This could be the most significant conflict between America and Germany in history!
Gail: ...Crack a book, John.

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Crazy Credits

David Cross is not billed under his real name in the end credits but instead as Sir Willups Brightslymoore.

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Connections

Referenced in Little Evil (2017)

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Soundtracks

Low
Written by Howard Simmons, Korey Roberson, Montay Humphrey, Flo Rida (as Tramar Dillard), T-Pain

User Reviews

A-ca-believe they did it again.

The original Pitch Perfect was like a unicorn. A fall release with a target audience of Gleeks. It didn't seem to have the legs to get anywhere, but those who saw it understood and spread the word. No one believed in it, yet it became an instant classic. I saw Pitch Perfect no less than 5 times in theaters (but I did work in a movie theater, so I did not pay 5 times to see it). I fell in love with the movie, and so did everyone I dragged along with me to see it.

And now we are in the day and age where any slightly successful movie gets more money thrown at it to make a slightly less entertaining sequel (that was never in the cards to begin with). When the sequel to Pitch Perfect 2 was announced, I was on the fence. PP was wrapped up in a neat tiny little box, and it didn't need anything else to come along and ruin it.

Then it got worse. They announced at some point that the Green Bay Packers were going to be in it. I went on a tirade. OK, maybe I wasn't throwing things and kicking puppies, but I was very vocal online and to my family about how they ruined any potential this movie had by putting the worst football team in the history of the world in this movie, with Clay Matthews being at the forefront of the group. (I tell everyone who will listen that if I had $10,000, I would pay someone much stronger than me to punch him in the face, while I sneak behind him and cut off his hair).

So all of my excitement for this sequel went from a somewhat decent flame to a dying ember. The movie was coming out during a summer of blockbusters that had me so excited I felt like I could vomit (seriously, before Avengers: Age of Ultron started I thought I could vomit while sitting there waiting for trailers to start because I was so excited).

But PP2 stayed on my mind, and last week I got the opportunity to sign up for a advance screening, and last night I got into that advance screening. Outside the theater they were giving away PP2 branded cups (ha) if you took a selfie with the poster and shared it. So obviously I did that. (cut to the next time someone is in my apartment, sees that cup, and i immediately start my horrible rendition of cups). PP2 has the same formula as the first one. This time the Bellas are a bit more successful, but they hit a snag at the beginning and have to rebuild their team. Beca is the leader of the group, but she is also worried about her future (cue future distance and drama in the group). The Bellas can't audition new members (and with their current ban from Collegiate Acapella), the group filled with graduating seniors (and super, super, super seniors) looks doomed.

The movie gets off to a slow start plot-wise. But that doesn't stop the jokes from coming hard and fast. I found myself laughing at almost every line in the movie. There isn't a single one that doesn't have a little hint of a zinger.

Elizabeth Bank's full-length film directorial debut proves that she knows comedy (as if we didn't already know that) and that the cast knows how to deliver that comedy. We have all of our favorites back and each story line does not disappoint. The few new additions are pretty great too.

Hailee Steinfeld as Bella legacy Emily proves that if they want to continue the franchise, they have some pretty good fresh meat in her.

And much like the first movie, the best lines and overall awesomeness comes from Rebel Wilson as the aca-amazing Fat Amy. She does not disappoint, and though some people may feel that Rebel plays the same character in everything she does, I really don't care because she makes me laugh. Every. Damn. Time.

This movie is full of surprises. And the damn Green Bay Packers made me laugh harder than I thought possible (but for good measure, in-between each laugh I did say 'F*** you, Clay Matthews). Also to note, I live in Chicago, saw the screening in Chicago, and I was not the only person who booed when the Packers were introduced.

I feel like if I were to go into anymore detail, I would spoil some of the best bits of the movie for you, so let me sum it up in this final little bit: PP2 is a good time. You need to be a fan of the first one, don't go in thinking that maybe you will like this even if you didn't like PP. You are wrong, you will hate it. But those of you that love or even mildly liked the first one will get a kick out of this. I laughed so hard at one point (that involved Fat Amy and Bumper (Adam Devine)) that I was unable to breath. It was brilliant.

Better than the original? Debatable. Worth seeing in theaters? 100% yes.