Before going to see Pitch Perfect 2 I had heard a mixture of opinions, some said it was funny but not as good as the first and others said the opposite so I went into the screening with an open mind. I have to say I loved it and I think I might have liked it more than the first, which is not always the case with sequels.

Plot-line:

The Barden Bellas humiliate themselves at the Presidents birthday and as a result enter an international acapella competition to regain their status.

Of course that plot-line is very brief and does not explain the whole plot but I’d rather not go into it too much detail as I want everyone to enjoy this film and don’t watch it like ‘oh I can’t wait till I see this part because I heard it is hilarious’. Therefore I am going to give a rather general review so you can go out and make up your own mind about the film.

Firstly I just want to say I was so excited to hear Elizabeth Banks was directing this film, there needs to be more female directors in the world and I love her as an actress so I was excited to see her take a more technical role. I thought it was directed very well, it wasn’t over stylized but it also wasn’t basic which could have been the case for a first time director.

Gail and John, the acapella commentators, have a bigger role in this film than in the first and I am so glad they do because they are hilarious. Their jokes are controversial and sexist but it is all in good humor and everyone in myscreening were laughing. It was good to see America make fun of itself and being a little more daring, dare i say it was more like British humour which is possible why I found it so funny.

All the Barden Bellas were on top form, Rebel Wilson was hilarious and is given a more prominent role as well as a romantic interest. Anna Kendrick was so cool, I want to be her! Hailee Steinfeld was a new addition to the Barden Bellas and in all honesty I did not like her character that much but that might just be me. Another new addition was Chrissie Fit who was hilarious, her one liners were fantastic and kept the film upbeat. A large part of the Bella’s journey was acknowledging that they have to move on from Bella’s and university which I found very emotional and I am graduating next month so I felt like that moment was really speaking to me personally.

The antagonists in the film are the Das Sound Machine, a German acapella group. The stand out in that group is Flula Borg who is so intense yet funny and he definitely steals the spotlight from the Barden Bellas and he is actually a Youtuber so it is great to see him being successful in a bigger scale, I look forward to seeing him in more comedies.

Onto the music, I prefer the songs in the first film and I actually think there was less singing in the second film which was disappointing but that is probably because there is a lot more going on in all the different subplots so acapella takes a back seat.

Overall, I thought this was a fantastic film possibly better than the first but I think I would have to see it again before being firm with that opinion. It is hilarious, I laughed all the way through it and it made me emotional at the end which shows that it is not just a comedy about acapella, there is a lesson to be learned in this film and I think everyone would get something out of it.

If you have seen Pitch Pefect 2, let me know what you thought of it!