I thought it was incredibly disappointing. I was looking forward to it a ton because I'm a huge fan of the original and the best comparison I have for it is Legally Blonde 2. The first half is pretty annoying and dire, it amazed me how much on the back burner Anna Kendrick was. The new characters did nothing to further the plot and the subplot with Anna Camp was horrible. It did get better in the last 45 minutes or so but not anywhere enough to save it. The soundtrack pretty much sucked this time around as well and "Flashlight" is stupid.

C

It's not as polished as the first film and runs a little long, but it's still a highly entertaining and hilarious movie with more than a few jokes that made me laugh out loud. I also really liked the themes of friendship and growing up and the way they were handled. Hailee Steinfeld is a likable addition and it's clear that she's going to be the headliner for future movies, and Anna Kendrick shines once again. Rebel Wilson, Elizabeth Banks and John Michael Higgins steal the show though, as well as Chrissie Fit - who is absolutely hysterical. The musical numbers are rousing and well-directed and the climax is undeniably touching. Elizabeth Banks has said that she set out to make a movie that would entertain, and that she has. This should definitely please fans of the original movie and is a more-than-worthy follow up. B+

I thought she was pretty central. Her relationship with Skylar Astin was definitely on the backburner but I was fine with that.

Felt a little long, but I had a lot of fun with it.

The best parts (especially the battle between all the groups) made me smile and I had a pretty enjoyable time with it but it comes no where near close the first unfortunately. For me this kinda felt like the third entry in the series; I would've liked to see a second installment where they were actually the best group at the school and killing it.

Also, the jokes with the Mexican girl? Too much.

Only a tiny notch below the aca-awesome original film, Elizabeth Banks guides Pitch Perfect 2 into being the rare comedy sequel that doesn't feel particularly stale or overblown. B+

The good reviews and WOM for this just stump me.

I saw the original Pitch Perfect for the first time a few hours before watching the sequel. These films are not my cup of tea in general, and the second one is inferior. The potency, the warmth, of the female camaraderie is reduced; there are charming moments and clever one-liners here and there, but too few. And beyond the obvious financial reward, the film is unsure why it exists: it has no sustained momentum and no center as it builds toward a standard-issue, unexciting climax at a singing contest. The introduction of Oscar-nominated True Grit starlet Hailee Steinfeld as a potential protagonist in future installments falls completely flat (she is as bland as bland as can be, unfortunately), and the returning co-stars are seldom given a chance to expand upon their fan-favorite characters despite a substantial length of nearly two hours. And "Flashlight," an original song treated by the plot as a Second Coming and obviously intended to match the chart impact of "Cups," is a wildly insipid pop song of the lowest order.

C

She is Guatemalan, you racist!

Finally got around to seeing this, and I'm not really sure why I bothered. I absolutely loved the first one, and have watched it many times since it first came out, but the sequel just missed the mark for me. Whenever people weren't singing, I just wasn't really interested in what was going on. The biggest misfire for me was Hailee Steinfeld's character, who was about as interesting as a piece of cardboard with a face drawn onto it. She was just a void of personality, and her complete lack of comedic timing only further dragged down a film that wasn't that funny to begin with. The second half of the film was better than the first, with a few jokes that actually worked and more singing to distract from the (lack of) plot, but overall this just did not work for me.

C

This was enjoyable enough, but it will be forgotten by the end of the year. I love Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson, but they deserve higher caliber work than this. The covers are really fun to listen to, and the parts with Fat Amy are funny, if still a little too lowbrow. There's not really too much more to be said than a sequel to the far superior Pitch Perfect now exists.

B

This was enjoyable but Banks as the director is the problem here. Too many scenes are left to hang in there more than their welcome. The addition of Stienfeld serves this well and the finale as always is great here but definitely a step down from the original.

B-