Pitch Perfect 2

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Movie
German title Pitch Perfect 2
Original title Pitch Perfect 2
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2015
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
JMK 8
Rod
Director Elizabeth Banks
script Kay Cannon
production Elizabeth Banks,
Paul Brooks ,
Max Handelman
music Mark Mothersbaugh
camera Jim Denault
cut Craig Alpert
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Pitch Perfect

Successor  →
Pitch Perfect 3

Pitch Perfect 2 is an American comedy film from the year 2015 . The film is the sequel to Pitch Perfect from 2012. The director was the actress Elizabeth Banks , who was already known from the first part .

The film opened in Australia and New Zealand on May 7, 2015. The cinema release in Germany and Austria was on May 14, 2015.

action

After an incident during a performance for the President at the Kennedy Center, Bards Bellas are banned from further a cappella performances. So their tour fell through, and they were replaced by the German group Das Sound Machine . In order to restore their good reputation, the Bellas want to compete at the world championships for a cappella ensembles in Copenhagen. They hire a new group member, Emily, daughter of a former Bella. Meanwhile, Beca is doing an internship with a music producer and in the end, with the help of Emily, who writes her own songs, manages to be signed by the music producer. The Bards Bellas win the World Cup and are now allowed to perform again. Fat Amy and Bumper confess their love to each other, and Benji and Emily also get together.

reception

Pitch Perfect 2 received moderate to positive reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , the movie holds 66% positive ratings, based on 177 reviews. On Metacritic , the film scored 63 points out of 100 based on 6 reviews.

The filmstarts.de critic described the film as "entertaining" on the one hand, but also as "minimally original" on the other. The film is "more of a new edition than a continuation of the surprise success". The film service saw the film as a "predictable, yet quite entertaining sequel" whose "banal plot" is balanced by "lively interpreted music sequences". The performance of the “charismatic actresses” is “convincing”.

Soundtrack

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Pitch Perfect 2 (Soundtrack)
  DE 12 05/22/2015 (5 weeks)
  AT 11 05/29/2015 (4 weeks)
  CH 26th 05/17/2015 (4 weeks)
Singles
World Championship Final 2
  DE 78 05/22/2015 (1 week)
  AT 52 05/29/2015 (1 week)
  UK 70 05/30/2015 (3 weeks)

The soundtrack for Pitch Perfect 2 was released on May 17, 2015 by Universal Music . It mainly contains cover songs that are interpreted by the film actors, but also includes the track Flashlight by Jessie J , which was released as a single . With 107,000 units sold, the album went straight to number 1 on the Billboard 200 . In Germany it was placed at number 12, in Switzerland at number 26 and in Austria at number 11 in the national album charts.

synchronization

The film was set to music at RC Production Kunze & Wunder . Tobias Neumann wrote the dialogue book, Nana Spier directed the dialogue.

role actor Voice actor
Beca Mitchell Anna Kendrick Anne Helm
Emily Junk Hailee Steinfeld Angelina Geisler
Fat Amy Rebel Wilson Ursula Hugo
Gail Abernathy-McKadden Elizabeth Banks Cathlen Gawlich
Chloe Beale Brittany Snow Maria Koschny
Stacie Conrad Alexis Knapp Magdalena Turba
Aubrey poses Anna Camp Sonja Spuhl
Lily Okanakamura Hana Mae Lee Julia Stoepel
Katherine Junk Katey Sagal Traudel Haas
Jesse Swanson Skylar Astin Roman Wolko
Bumper Allen Adam DeVine Tobias Müller
Jessica Kelley Jakle Esra Vural
Benji Apple Tree Ben Platt Tim Knauer
Legacy Bella CJ Perry
Representative Brea Grant Friederike Walke
Commissioner Birgitte Hjort Sørensen Bianca Krahl
Cynthia Rose Ester Dean Peggy Sander
John Smith John Michael Higgins Johannes Berenz
Pieter Chandler Flula Borg Karlo Hackenberger
Ashley Shelley Regner Julia Meynen
Tone hangers John Hodgman
Beca's boss Keegan-Michael Key Dennis Schmidt-Foss

continuation

In April 2015, Rebel Wilson confirmed that preparations for a third part of the film series had begun and that she would again appear in front of the camera as Fat Amy . Pitch Perfect 3 opened in German cinemas on December 21, 2017.

Awards

  • 2016: People's Choice Awards in the Favorite Comedic Movie category ( Pitch Perfect 2 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Pitch Perfect 2 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2015 (PDF; test number: 151 160 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for Pitch Perfect 2 . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Pitch Perfect 2 at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on May 11, 2015
  4. ^ Pitch Perfect 2 at Metacritic , accessed on May 11, 2015
  5. ^ Review of Pitch Perfect 2 at filmstarts.de, accessed on June 4, 2014
  6. ^ Review of Pitch Perfect 2 at filmdienst.de, accessed on June 4, 2014
  7. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  8. ↑ Keith Caulfield: 'Pitch Perfect 2' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart. billboard.com, May 20, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  9. ↑ Soundtrack - Pitch Perfect 2 swisscharts.com. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  10. ↑ German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Pitch Perfect 2. Accessed April 16, 2018 .
  11. ^ Amy Kaufman at twitter.com, accessed May 18, 2015
  12. ↑ 'Pitch Perfect 3 ′ Is Happening: Rebel Wilson Confirms She's Returning at hollywoodlife.com, accessed May 18, 2015
  13. ↑ http://vote.peopleschoice.com/#!/home/all/17/1