Pitch Perfect

I don't really know where to go with this film. I could choose to criticize the ridiculous and predictable plot or how much I did like the film.
Beca (the always lovely Anna Kendrick) is a freshman at Barden University. She doesn't really want to go to college, instead she wants to journey to LA and become a famous DJ. Her father, who is a professor at Bardem, finally makes a deal with her, if she joins one club and makes an effort at college, then he will support and even fund her trip to LA. She takes him up on this deal, and tries out for the a cappella groups on campus. But lets back up, at the end of the previous year's competitive season, the Bardem Bellas made it to the finals but one of the leads puked during her solo. Therefore, when it comes to forming a team, they get the last picks. By the end of the auditions, they have this one girl, Lilly (Hana May Lee) who barely talks in anything but a whisper, Fat Amy ("You call yourself Fat Amy?" "Yes, so thin twigs like you can't do that behind my back."), and Stacie, who has big boobs. Beca also makes the cut. Aubrey, aka the girl who spilled her guts at Nationals, (Anna Camp) is a senior and one of the leaders of Barden Bellas who runs the club with an iron fist and won't let the others talk or even voice there opinions. Beca doesn't like her.
Now, like any good film, there is an enemy. The enemy in this case is the Tremble Makers, the guy a cappella group. The hatred is so deep that if a member of the Bardem Bellas has sex with a member of the Tremble Makers, she will be kicked off her team; the Bardem Bellas lose two members before the first practice can even begin. A new member of the Tremble Makers, Jesse (Skyler Astin), works at the radio station with Beca and really likes her. She doesn't even look his way, while she does but not in the same way. In her mind, they are merely platonic friends.
Needless to say, the competition season moves on. The Bardem Bellas come in second in their first competition, but all they sing are old songs (from the 1980s) and have unimaginative choreography. At their second competition, Beca adds in her own mix which causes Aubrey to kick her out of the club and no one can help her though they try to plea her case. But it doesn't matter, they come in third and their seasons is over. Then, in what everyone thought would be a crazy plot twist, one of the teams is disqualified because one the students is still in high school. So the Bardem Bellas are back together, but without Beca, who is seriously missed. But after a heart to heart with her father, where she realizes that she always pushes away the people that care about her.
So with Beca back on board, and after Aubrey is usurped, Beca takes over and finally brings the club into the 21st century and they perform a kick-ass performance at Nationals. This time they win.
Jesse and Beca also end up together. Life will move on, but for just one moment life is perfect.
Now, though the plot may not be much to work with, and the songs aren't the greatest, the dialogue is priceless. John Michael Hickey and Elizabeth Banks, who are the commentators for the competitions, are also hilarious. Rumor Wilson, as Fat Amy, can actually sing and is easily the funniest person in the whole cast. Brittany Snow (as Chloe) also does well as the other lead singer who has vocal nodes and thus singing is literally painful for her. The dialogue is snappy and hilarious. I will watch the film again but only because it is funny. Grade: B (but it is more enjoyable than most)