The original Pitch Perfect combined original comedy with modernized acapella, but its sequel falls flat and fails to reach the same frenzy as its predecessor.

The movie follows the story of the Barden Bella’s as they try to redeem themselves at the acapella world championships after an embarrassing performance and how they have to find ways to mesh together as a group.

The plot line gets confusing as Beca Mitchell, played by Anna Kendrick, tries to work her way up in the music industry at the same time that the new girl Emily Junk, played by Hailee Steinfeld, tries to become a bigger part of the Bellas.

Throughout the film, there is no real sign of character development, mainly because they focus on five to six characters instead of zoning in on a few. This leads to spending way too much time on the rising action of the movie and results in no real conclusion for any part of the plot.

“Overall they spent too much time in the middle of the movie, and they ran out of time to give an actual ending. I was hoping it would be as good as the first one, but at the same time a part of me knew it wouldn’t be,” Sarah Blase, sophomore, said.

The sequel also tries too hard to make funny scenes that are staged and completely random rather than create humor through things that could actually happen. Almost every joke is a one liner, and though some of them are funny, it gets old incredibly quickly.

As the Bellas work their way back to the top, they have to try to find their sound again after a rough start, which is similar to the plot line of the movie. It starts off jumbled and confusing, but tries to redeem itself with the final performance, which was the best part of the hour and fifty five minute film.

Overall, the sequels’ forced humor and lack of focus doesn’t live up to the success of the original, and lands short of audience’s high expectations.