Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) is the third installment, hopefully the last of the Pitch Perfect series. Only reason that I say I hope it's the last is because once you go as low in quality as this film, it is time to stop. I am a fan of the first Pitch Perfect, I gave that film an 8, admittedly I have not seen the second installment, but I don't feel like I needed to to get this one. This film gave me a very hollow, empty feeling from start to finish. The comedy has stopped working for the most part, yes there are a few laughs, but not a lot. Also, the plot isn't that interesting and the plot delves into absolute insanity. Like it goes from regular Pitch Perfect stuff to an action/spy movie and I don't feel like it worked. If they could do this well, then I say sure go for it, but they just didn't. The characters are the same, but they've just been placed in a bad film, and that's sad because you want the final film in a series to be good. I am sorry to say that Pitch Perfect only gets a 4.

The story has hardly and substance whatsoever. The appealing cast can't help by singing snipets of hit songs. All they seem to do is put on different outfits and sing a few bars of hit songs. John Lithgow with his fake Aussie accent is so ludicrous. Brittney Snow's romance with Matt Lanter's soldier character could have been developed more.

Don't bother. This better be the last of them.

I am not the sort of person who you'd expect to watch any of the "Pitch Perfect" films. However, my daughter begged me to try and I actually did enjoy 1 and 2. They were fun and non-demanding films....a nice change of pace from the often serious foreign films I often watch. So, it's not surprising that this 50-something guy decided to see the third movie in the franchise.

My biggest feeling while seeing "Pitch Perfect 3" was that they've 'jumped the shark'. If you aren't familiar with the phrase, it's a reference to the TV show "Happy Days" and refers to when it (and other shows or franchises) have peaked and they are desperately trying to keep your attention by doing awful things with the characters, such as introducing Cousin Oliver on "The Brady Bunch" or having Fonzie jump a pool full of sharks in his motorcycle. Instead of the semi-believable plots like there were in 1 and 2, the writers had obviously run out of ideas and were grasping at straws here. After all, what else would explain Amy having a super-villain father who kidnaps the A Capella group?? And, this is made worse with plot elements like bee attacks, more crude language and a strong emphasis on making the group sort of like hiphop stars!

Overall, this is a very badly written and even embarrassing film...one that seems cynical and has little regard to the fans who embraced and enjoyed the series.