As they prepare for the tournament, life and a lost of confidence infiltrates the group. Beca (Anna Kendrick) gets an internship with a top producer. The Bellas go to a car show to catch their potential biggest competitors, the Das Sound Machine from Germany. The Germans are excellent and send a demoralizing chill through the Bellas. Then the team gets invited to a secret sing-off where they get to match their skills directly against DSM. Unfortunately for them, they get eliminated when new comer and freshman Emily Junk (Hailee Stenfeld) freezes. It just goes downhill from there. Somehow, The Barden Bellas need to get their mojo back.
Over-all, this is an enjoyable movie. I'm not sure it carries the same spark that the first movie had, but that would be asking a lot. I did have some problems with the movie that prevents me from giving this a rave review. First, I honestly didn't think Hailee Stenfeld had the greatest vocals when she auditioned for the Barden Bellas. I wasn't exactly sure why they took her. Second, the introduction of Emily Junk made it all too obvious that we should expect to see Pitch Perfect 3: the next generation. I could potentially list a few others, but I'll go with this final one: did Snoop Dogg really think that his rendition of "Winter Wonderland" was anything other than boring?
On the other hand, the music rocks. The Green Bay Packers showing up is hysterical. I loved how the camera focused in on a cameo role by Robin Roberts -- though I did momentarily think: why is she there? Not that I have anything negative to say about her. It is just that Robin Roberts is employed by ABC, while Pitch Perfect is made by Universal Studios/NBC. And one has to stick around after the credits roll, because perhaps the most hysterical moment of the movie happens at that point.
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