Fans of TV’s “Glee” and TV’s numerous popular singing competitions will dig the high-spirited, youthful comedy romp “Pitch Perfect.” But anyone who’s ever been specifically bitten by the bug of ultra-competitive college a cappella singing groups, which make all their musical noises vocally, will especially find plenty to like and laugh about.
The real-life campus of Louisiana State University doubles for as the setting of the fictional Barden U., where two rival groups — the all-female Bellas, recovering from an unfortunate previous-season setback, and their male adversaries, the reigning-champion Treblemakers — assemble at the start a new school year.
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