Pitch Perfect (2012)

Most people think so. 72% of audiences gave it a thumbs up based on 6,809 votes. Critics agree, scoring it 74%.

College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions. Wikipedia ↗

Pitch Perfect is a 2012 American musical comedy directed by Jason Moore. Anna Kendrick stars as Beca Mitchell, a freshman at Barden University who reluctantly joins the Barden Bellas, the school's all-female a cappella group, and helps transform them from a conventional, by-the-book ensemble into a boundary-pushing force by incorporating beatboxing, mashups, and contemporary pop into their performances. The Bellas compete against the rival Treblemakers, the school's cocky all-male group, while Beca navigates her budding DJ ambitions and a romance with Jesse, played by Skylar Astin.

Rebel Wilson's performance as Fat Amy, a self-confidently irreverent Australian who owns every scene with her deadpan one-liners, was the film's breakout comedic element. The riff-off scene, in which a cappella groups battle each other through spontaneous song categories, became the franchise's signature set piece. Anna Kendrick's performance of the "Cups" song ("When I'm Gone") went massively viral and reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100.

Pitch Perfect earned $115 million worldwide on a $17 million budget and launched a three-film franchise.