Whether you're a card-carrying Gleek or you think Fox's weekly high -chool musical long ago jumped the shark (with jazz hands), you may find yourself falling under the spell of "Pitch Perfect," an unassuming little comedy with enough cleverness, energy and sheer charm to break out among the crowded slate of fall films.
Even if its underdogs-go-for-the-title storyline doesn't break much new ground, the very appealing cast (led by ingénue superstar Anna Kendrick) and an overall sense of buoyant silliness advances it to the top of the class.
You might have crossed the quad to get away from actual a cappella groups in real life, but "Pitch Perfect" turns these singers into people in whose company you'll happily spend an hour or two.
Beca (Kendrick) is a new freshman at Barden University, but not by choice -- the aspiring DJ wants to move to Los Angeles to become a record producer, but her estranged father (John Benjamin Hickey), a professor at Barden, insists that she go to college first.
Eventually, they make a deal that he'll bankroll her move to L.A. if she gives a whole year to school, including joining an extracurricular activity and making some friends.
Soon, ...
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