![]() In Pitch Perfect 2, the riff-off scene exists mostly to top the one in the first movie rather than advance the plot. There’s very little momentum in Pitch Perfect 2, but it’s not so bad since the individual scenes are so entertaining.įor example, the riff-off scene in the original is not only a highlight because the movie does a cappella mash-ups so well, but also it’s significant to the plot because Beca starts to assert her authority, which puts her at odds with Aubrey ( Anna Camp). ![]() But they’re all stacked on top of each other, and the film will veer from its main plot to one of the subplots for no particularly reason. Beca’s story gets a great assist from Keegan Michael Key, who plays a music producer Emily’s story is kind of sweet and sets up the importance of finding your own sound and Wilson and Devine are good together. When taken piecemeal, every plotline is fine. Beca ( Anna Kendrick) is hiding her internship at a music production company because she doesn’t want to offend the rest of the group Emily ( Hailee Steinfeld) is a freshman who’s dreamed of following in her mother’s ( Katey Sagal) footsteps and becoming a Bella and Fat Amy and Bumper ( Adam Devine), who now works as a security guard at the college, have struck up a relationship because the filmmakers decided that two of the funniest characters should be paired up. ![]() But screenwriter Kay Cannon overstuffs the script with far too many subplots. It’s a plot we’ve seen before, but it’s good enough to carry the lighthearted story we’d expect from a Pitch Perfect sequel.
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